Marion Henriëtte Louise Molly (born 29 December 1933), known
professionally as Milly Scott, is a Dutch singer and actress of
Surinamese origin, best known for her participation in the Eurovision
Song Contest 1966. She is recognised as the first black singer ever to
take part in the Eurovision Song Contest.Scott was born in Den Helder,
the main base of the Royal Netherlands Navy, where her father was
stationed as a marine. Both her parents were immigrants from the Dutch
colony of Surinam, while here paternal grandfather was originally from
North Brabant. As the first black family in Den Helder and the only
black child in kindergarten, she often experienced discrimination
while growing up.In the beginning of World War II, the ship HNLMS
Johan Maurits van Nassau was bombed, severely wounding Scott's father,
after which the family moved to Amsterdam. Soon after, her father was
summoned by the Nazis and taken to Germany as a prisoner of war. The
Red Cross later informed the family that he had died there.
Milly Scott Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter
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