HAZEL  DOROTHY  SCOTT DATE OF BIRTH: June 11, 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH: Port-of-Spain, Trinidad EDUCATION: The Juilliard School, New York, USA CAREER:                                 Scott began playing the piano at the age of three and went on to perform in New York, USA, when she was eight. She later received a scholarship to study classical music at The Juilliard School. With a repertoire that included classical, jazz, and blues music, Scott performed twice at Carnegie Hall, New York, USA, and in the show "Priorities of '42." In the late 1940s, she became the first Black woman to host her own television show. However, her career suffered a setback when she was accused (along with hundreds of other Americans) of being a Communist sympathizer during the Joseph McCarthy era. She refused to perform for segregated audiences and became an outspoken critic of McCarthyism and racial injustice in America. She lived in Paris, France, for about five years in the 1960s then returned to the USA to continue her television and nightclub career. She was credited with putting the "swing in European classical music." Scott recorded several albums and appeared, primarily as a pianist, in the following films: 1943 - Something to Shout About [Character: Self]; The Heat's On [Character: Self]; I Dood It [Character: Self] 1944 - Broadway Rhythm [Character: Self] 1945 - Rhapsody In Blue [Character: Self] 1958 - The Night Affair [Character: Valentine Horse] 1964 - Dead Ringer [Character: Organist] 1969 - Trial Run [Character: Self] 1998 - Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist [Character: Self] DIED: October 2, 1981, from cancer in New York, USA Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit