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- ↑ Pantoga, Elfrieda. Billie Jean Pulls Punches, Milwaukee Sentinel, July 26, 1985
- ↑ Christian Slater has suddenly grown up, Bartow Press, February 12, 1996 (does not mention Gehman, but notes "cult" status of this film)
- ↑ Blank, Ed. Traditional values put to the test in an effective 'Flamingo Kid', Pittsburgh Press , December 28, 1984
- ↑ Parsons, Gehman stage real mother-daughter act, Chicago Sun-Times , November 23, 1989 ("Estelle Parsons... Now, the actress' own daughter, Martha Gehman, will appear with her on a New York stage. Gehman is an attractive blonde (her twin sister, Abbie, is an editor of the fashion magazine Mirabella).")
