- The mother of her fiance, police officer John Dennis Levi, said Scott developed a drinking disorder shortly after he died during the 9/11 atrocities. She said, "Debralee has cirrhosis of the liver from her drinking." The actress' sister Jerri Scott added, "She never did get over Dennis' death.".
- Deadpan, attractive-looking 70s and 80s support actress who played for laughs with prominent roles in the sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) and a few of the "Police Academy" slapstick movies.
- Auditioned for the role of Marty in Grease (1978). It was narrowed down to Debralee Scott and Dinah Manoff. Although Scott was better known at the time (and closer to the age of others already cast), Manoff got the part.
- While Scott played the naked corpse of Ann Mary Deacon in Dirty Harry (1971), Melody Thomas Scott played the character when Deacon is shown in photographs.
- While filming the discovery of Ann Mary Deacon's body at dawn in Dirty Harry (1971), the crew tried to film close-up shots, but Scott - naked during filming - was shivering uncontrollably because she was so cold. After several failed takes, Scott's scene was filmed as one long continuous shot, where her character is lifted out of a drainage pipe and put onto a stretcher.
- According to a friend, she loved waking up to the song "Twisted" by Joni Mitchell, and would even dance and sing along to the track because it helped her prepare for the day.
- Younger sister of producer Scott Bushnell and talent manager Jerilyn Scott.
- Shared a birthday with fellow Welcome Back, Kotter (1975) cast member, Ron Palillo.
- Her favorite singer was Frank Sinatra.
- Scott's older sister Carol Ann Scott married William H. Bushnell, the artistic director at American Theater Ensemble in San Francisco; Carol Ann changed her professional name to Scott Bushnell, and worked with director Robert Altman, first as a wardrobe assistant, then as an associate producer, and finally as his gatekeeper.
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