found: Her Don't call me madam, 1955.
found: Thomas, B. I got rhythm! c1985: CIP t.p. (Ethel Merman) galley (d. 1984)
found: New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Merman (Zimmermann), Ethel (Agnes); b. Jan. 16, 1908, Astoria, NY, d. Feb. 15, 1984, New York; actress and singer)
found: Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (Merman, Ethel; b. Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, Jan. 16, 1909, Astoria, N.Y., d. Feb. 15, 1984, New York)
found: Perf. arts biog. master index (Merman, Ethel, 1908- (4 sources); Merman, Ethel, 1909- (14 sources))