Imogen Carpenter


Imogen Carpenter was a mid-20th century American actress, musician, composer and music lecturer.
In 1926 at age 14, she moved from her native Arkansas 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.

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Carpenter married 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.