Imogen Carpenter

Imogen Carpenter, born Mary Imogene Carpenter on February 2, 1912 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, died March 24, 1993 in Los Angeles California, was a musician, composer, music lecturer, and Broadway actress.[1][2] In 1926 at age 14, she moved to Chicago to attend the Chicago Musical College and later the Boguslawski School of Music. She worked first as a concert pianist and later as a singer and pianist in night clubs, theaters, and on radio. She appeared in the Broadway musicals Ziegfeld Follies of 1941 and Cole Porter's Mexican Hayride. Collaborating with songwriters Lenny Adelson, Kim Gannon, and others, she produced several popular song compositions.[3][4][5][6]

Personal

Carpenter married the successful movie producer Milton Feldman, who was born July 19, 1911 in New York City and died October 8, 1976 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California; they had two children.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Mamie Ruth Stranburg Abernathy: "Hot Springs High School Graduates Success Stories Unlimited" in The Record, Garland County Historical Society, Vol. 38, 1997, p. 107.
  2. ↑ Internet Movie Database: Biography for Imogen Carpenter, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1072689/bio, accessed 23 Aug 2011.
  3. ↑ Internet Movie Database: Imogen Carpenter.
  4. ↑ Wisdom Digital Media: Stage Performances, "New Priorities of 1943" [Broadway], 1942, http://broadwayworld.com/people/Imogene_Carpenter/, 2011.
  5. ↑ Internet Broadway Database: The Broadway League, http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=480064, 2011.
  6. ↑ "BMI Performance Pay Plan Beginning to Bear Fruit" in The Billboard, Oct 22, 1949, p. 15.
  7. ↑ Internet Movie Database: Imogen Carpenter.