The young girl Eleanora Fagan changed her name to Billie, because she liked a movie star, Billie Dove.

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Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan in nineteen fifteen in Baltimore,Maryland.

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Also on view is Fortuny's famous "Eleanora, " named for the Italian actress Eleanora Duse, who wore the gown onstage.

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Ms. BLACKBURN: She was--Billie was, at that time, known as Eleanora or Eleanor, was brought up in various households and was passed from one family to the next and didn't see much of her mother, certainly didn't see anything much of her father.

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