Glory Van Scott (born June 1, 1947) is an educator, writer, actress and dancer.
She is a former principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham, Agnes de Mille and Talley Beatty dance companies and has performed in the United States and around the world.
She studied art, dance, and drama classes at The Abraham Lincoln Center, in Chicago, where she met Paul Robeson and Charity Bailey.
[2] Van Scott spent summers in Ethical Culture Camp in New York.
[1] As a playwright and author, Van Scott has written and composed nine musicals including Miss Truth, and books such as Baba and the Flea (1972), and Glory: A Life Among Legends (2018).