She made her television acting debut in 1973, on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, performing a wedding song at the nuptials of her "onscreen cousin", Carla Gray Hall, portrayed by Ellen Holly.
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In 1950, she became the first woman of color to have her own TV show, The Hazel Scott Show, featuring a variety of entertainment.
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She was the first woman of color to have her own television show, The Hazel Scott Show, which premiered on the DuMont Television Network on July 3, 1950.
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She performed as herself in several features, notably I Dood It (MGM 1943), Broadway Rhythm (MGM 1944), with Lena Horne and in the otherwise all-white cast The Heat's On (Columbia 1943), Something to Shout About (Columbia 1943), and Rhapsody in Blue (Warner Bros 1945).
At the same time Rinzler was also a diligent folklorist who began helping American folk singers who were not at that time well known, including Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Hazel Scott, and others.
Walter Scott | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Sir Walter Scott | Ridley Scott | Orson Scott Card | Tony Scott | Winfield Scott | Robert Falcon Scott | Scott | Hazel | Scott Brown | Ronnie Scott | Francis Scott Key | Scott McCloud | Scott Lobdell | John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon | Winfield Scott Hancock | Randolph Scott | Peter Scott | Coretta Scott King | Seann William Scott | Scott Walker | Scott Bakula | George Gilbert Scott | Campbell Scott | Scott Hamilton | Hazel (TV series) | Scott Hastings | Jill Scott | Tom Scott |
Members of the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame include: Hubie Blake, Cal Massey, C. Scoby Stroman, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Joe Carroll, Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Noel Pointer, Betty Roché, Art Blakey, Kenny Durham, Hazel Scott, Mary Lou Williams, Roland Alexander, Cecil Payne and Max Roach.
Adam Clayton Powell III (born 1946), son of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Hazel Scott