Issur Danielovitch Densky did not like the image he thought his name projected, so he changed his name and became Kirk Douglas.
In the same way, Frances Gum transfigured herself and her image into Judy Garland.
Archibald Leach became Cary Grant. Aaron Schwalt became Red Buttons. And would you have paid money to see Marion Morrison in the movies? Maybe, but Marion didn’t take that chance; he became John Wayne.