Myrna Torme was born in Chicago to a family of Russian -Jewish immigrants and , while her mother was born after her family arrived in America , her father , William , called `` Bill `` , was a child dancer in Russia who had won dozens of contests and even took lessons from the legendary master of the ballet , Vaslav Nijinsky .
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