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Ginny Simms (1915–1994)

Actress | Soundtrack

War-era songstress Ginny Simms was born Virginia Simms in Texas but raised in California, which accounts for her lack of a Southern accent in her speaking/singing voice. Though she studied piano as a child, it was her vocal gifts that launched her career, which started when she formed a singing trio while studying at Fresno State Teachers College... See full bio »

Born:

Virginia Ellen Simms
in San Antonio, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Palm Springs, California, USA
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1951 Disc Jockey
Vickie Peters
 
1946 Night and Day
Carole Hill
 
1945 Shady Lady
Leonora Lee Appleby
 
1944 Broadway Rhythm
Helen Hoyt
 
1943 Around the World (uncredited)
 
1943 Hit the Ice
Marcia Manning
 
1942 Here We Go Again
Jean Gildersleeve
 
1941 Playmates
Ginny Simms
 
1940 You'll Find Out
Ginny Simms
 
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
Ginny Simms - Band Singer
 
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1946 Night and Day (performer: "I Get a Kick out of You" 1934 - uncredited, "I Wonder What's Become of Sally" 1924 - uncredited, "What Is This Thing Called Love?" 1929 - uncredited, "I've Got You Under My Skin" 1936 - uncredited, "Just One of Those Things" 1935 - uncredited, "You're the Top" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1944 Broadway Rhythm (performer: "All The Things You Are", "Amor", "Who's Who?")
 
1943 Hit the Ice (performer: "Happiness Bound" 1943, "I'd Like to Set You to Music" 1943 / "I'm Like a Fish Out of Water" 1943, "The Slap Polka" 1943)
 
1942 Here We Go Again (performer: "Until I Live Again" 1942)
 
1942 Seven Days' Leave (performer: "Can't Get Out of This Mood" 1942)
 
1941 Playmates (performer: "How Long Did I Dream" 1941, "Thank Your Lucky Stars and Stripes" 1941, "Romeo Smith and Juliet Jones" 1941, "Humpty Dumpty Heart" 1941, "Que Chica" 1941)
 
1940 You'll Find Out (performer: "I'd Know You Anywhere" 1940, "Like the Fella Once Said" 1940, "I've Got a One Track Mind" 1940)
 
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong (performer: "The Answer Is Love" 1939, "The Little Red Fox N'Ya N'Ya You Can't Catch Me" 1939, "Happy Birthday to Love" 1939 - uncredited, "Fit to Be Tied" 1939, "Chatterbox" 1939)
 
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1955 Screen Snapshots Series 34, No. 6: Hollywood Shower of Stars (short)
Herself
 
1952-1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #8.21 (1955) … Herself
– Episode #5.38 (1952) … Herself
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball (short)
Herself
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party (short)
Herself
 
1951 General Electric Guest House (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.5 (1951) … Herself
 
1947 Screen Snapshots: Famous Hollywood Mothers (documentary short)
Herself
 
1947 Screen Snapshots: Holiday in Las Vegas (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 2: Radio Shows (short)
Herself - on Kay Kyser radio show
 
1942 Seven Days' Leave
Herself
 
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 6 (documentary short)
Herself
 
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2008 Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories (video)
Herself
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Herself
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1949 Snowtime Jubilee (short)
Vocalist
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "The Best of Ginny Simms" (Columbia)

Alternate Names:

Ginny Eastvold | Mrs. Don Eastvold | Virginia Eastvold

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Her first son, David Martin Dehn, was born in 1946. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini