Imogen Carpenter, born Mary Imogene Carpenter on February 2, 1912 in Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs, Arkansas

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, died March 24, 1993 in Los Angeles California, was a musician

Musician

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, composer

Composer

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, music lecturer, and Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 actress. In 1926 at age 14, she moved to Chicago

Chicago

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 to attend the Chicago Musical College

Chicago Musical College

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 and later the Boguslawski

Moissaye Boguslawski

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 School of Music. She worked first as a concert pianist and later as a singer and pianist in night clubs, theaters, and on radio

Radio

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. She appeared in the Broadway musicals Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

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 of 1941 and Cole Porter

Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...

's Mexican Hayride

Mexican Hayride (musical)

Mexican Hayride is a musical with a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The show opened on Broadway in 1944.-Production:...

. Collaborating with songwriters Lenny Adelson, Kim Gannon

Kim Gannon

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, and others, she produced several popular song compositions.

Personal

Carpenter married the successful movie producer Milton Feldman, who was born July 19, 1911 in New York City

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 and died October 8, 1976 in Woodland Hills

Woodland Hills

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, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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; they had two children.