Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott
Person

Hazel Scott

Actor 1920-06-11 Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

Hazel Dorothy Scott was a Trinidad-born jazz and classical pianist, singer, actress, television pioneer, and civil rights advocate. Born on June 11, 1920, in Port of Spain, Trinidad, she moved to Harlem, New York, as a child and became a celebrated prodigy, studying piano at Juilliard at an unusually young age. Known for her dazzling ability to “swing the classics,” Scott blended classical technique with jazz improvisation and rose to fame at New York’s Café Society. In Hollywood, Scott refused degrading roles and...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Night Affair

The Night Affair

1958 · Valentine Horse

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue

1945 · Hazel Scott

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self

A Bullet in the Gun Barrel

A Bullet in the Gun Barrel

1958 · Self / Singer of the nightclub

I Dood It

I Dood It

1943 · Herself

The Heat's On

The Heat's On

1943 · Herself

Something to Shout About

Something to Shout About

1943 · Hazel Scott

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998 · Self (archive footage)

Broadway Rhythm

Broadway Rhythm

1944 · Herself - Hazel Scott

Reflets de Cannes

Reflets de Cannes

1954 · Self

The Disappearance of Miss Scott

The Disappearance of Miss Scott

2025 · Self (archival footage)

Trial Run

Trial Run

1969 · Herself

CBS Playhouse

1966 · Mrs. Foley

The Hazel Scott Show

1950 · TV