Hazel Dickens(1935-2011)

Actress
Music Department
Soundtrack

Hazel Dickens was born on 1 June 1935 in Montcalm, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Gifted (2017), Matewan (1987) and Songcatcher (2000). She was married to Joseph S. Cohen. She died on 22 April 2011 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

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Known for

Gifted

7.6

Soundtrack

2017

Matewan

7.9

Singer

1987

Songcatcher

7.3

Singer at Barn Dance

2000

Harlan County U.S.A.

8.2

Soundtrack

1976

Credits

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Actress

Songcatcher
7.3
- Singer at Barn Dance
- 2000
Matewan
7.9
- Singer
- 1987

Music Department

Soundtrack

Ordinary Angels
7.4
- writer: "Pretty Bird"
- 2024
PBS News Weekend
6.4
TV Series
- performer: "Childish Love", "Won't You Come and Sing for Me?", "Coal Miner's Blues"
- 2022
Dopesick
8.6
TV Mini Series
- performer: "Pretty Bird"
- writer: "Pretty Bird" (uncredited, uncredited)
- 2021
Traitors
6.6
TV Series
- performer: "They'll Never Keep Us Down"
- writer: "They'll Never Keep Us Down" (uncredited, uncredited)
- 2019
Gifted
7.6
- writer: "Pretty Bird"
- 2017
Songcatcher
7.3
- performer: "Conversation with Death"
- 2000
Late Last Night
5.7
TV Movie
- performer: "West Virginia, My Home"
- writer: "West Virginia, My Home"
- 1999
The Journey of August King
6.5
- performer: "Pretty Bird"
- writer: "Pretty Bird"
- 1995
Matewan
7.9
- performer: "Fire in the Hole", "Gathering Storm", "Hills of Galilee"
- 1987
Beats of the Heart: Chase the Devil - Religious Music of the Appalachian Mountains
7.7
TV Movie
- performer: "Mother Hold Up My Dying Head", "Clay County Miner"
- writer: "Clay County Miner"
- 1983
Harlan County U.S.A.
8.2
- performer: "Black Lung", "Cold Blooded Murder", "They'll Never Keep Us Down"
- writer: "Mannington", "Black Lung", "Cold Blooded Murder", "They'll Never Keep Us Down"
- 1976

Personal details

Born
- June 1, 1935
- Montcalm, West Virginia, USA
Died
- April 22, 2011
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA(pneumonia)
Spouse
- Joseph S. Cohen? - 1970 (divorced)
Other works
Co-Author with Bill Malone of her memoir, "Working Girl Blues," published by University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois.
Publicity listings
- 1 Article
- 1 Pictorial

Did you know

Trivia
Traditional Appalachian singer-songwriter.

Quotes
On her collaboration with Alice Gerrard: I'm not sure if they looked at us as a novelty, or if they took us seriously. They were a lot of them, especially down through the years, that gave us respect.