10 Facts About Abbey Lincoln

Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress.

Abbey Lincoln's was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s.

Abbey Lincoln made a career out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards as well as writing and singing her own material.

In 2003, Abbey Lincoln received a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award.

Abbey Lincoln's explored more philosophical themes during the later years of her songwriting career and remained professionally active until well into her seventies.

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Abbey Lincoln's often visited the Blue Note jazz club in New York City.

In 1956 Abbey Lincoln appeared in The Girl Can't Help It, for which she wore a dress that had been worn by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and interpreted the theme song, working with Benny Carter.

Abbey Lincoln's appeared in Mission: Impossible, the telemovie Short Walk to Daylight (1972), Marcus Welby, M D (1974), and All in the Family (1978).

Abbey Lincoln was married from 1962 to 1970 to drummer Max Roach, whose daughter from a previous marriage, Maxine, appeared on several of Abbey Lincoln's albums.

Abbey Lincoln died on August 14, 2010, in Manhattan, eight days after her 80th birthday.