Singer Carly Simon received her unique first name to honor her parents' close friend Carolin "Carly" Wharton.
Wharton and Martin Gabel optioned the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" for Broadway, but never produced it. The movie rights were later purchased by Warner Bros. and made into Casablanca (1942).
Carolin Girard Bumiller was one of 4 children born to Joseph Frederick Bumiller and Eckley West Boiler (nee Balisdell) Bumiller.