When Ms Irma Blanks-Davis was born on 10 November 1923, in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States, her father, John Blanks, was 22 and her mother, Ollie May Blanks, was 20. She died on 13 May 2019, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 95.
Pet form of various girls' names of Germanic origin beginning with the element irm(en), erm(en) ‘whole, entire’, for example Irmgard and Irmtraud. It was introduced to the English-speaking world at the end of the 19th century and gained some currency following the release of the film Irma la Douce ( 1963 ), in which Shirley MacLaine plays the title role.
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