Hoagy Carmichael Overview:

Actress, Hoagy Carmichael, was born Hoagland Howard Carmichael on Nov 22, 1899 in Bloomington, IN. Carmichael died at the age of 82 on Dec 27, 1981 in Rancho Mirage, CA .

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television. In addition, Carmichael was immortalized on a US postal stamp in 1996.

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Hoagy Carmichael Quotes:

Logan Stuart: Do you make it a habit of spying on people?
Hi Linnet: No, but I got a habit of observing people.
Logan Stuart: Is that all you have to do?
Hi Linnet: Well, Logan, you got a big store and no time. And I got a little store and lots of time.


Attendant: I'm afraid it's pneumonia. Think you oughtta get him to a hospital.
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: Well, why didn't you send him to a hospital?
Attendant: We didn't have any authorization.
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: You got it now.
[takes pen and paper out; writes; hands paper to attendant]
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: Get an ambulance; I'm taking him out of here. And call these numbers - tell 'em to get down here right away.
Attendant: [looking at paper] Mrs Martin - is that his wife?
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: Yes.
Attendant: And the other one?
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: She's *not* his wife.


Butch Engle: Give 'em time, kid; they'll catch on. You know your folks'll get used to you, and you'll get used to them. Then everything'll settle down nicely. Unless we have another war. Then none of us have to worry because we'll all be blown to bits the first day. So cheer up, huh?


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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 130-133. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.

Holds the record for longest song title: "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doing Those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on my Seat-o Hirohito Blues".

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