Ginny Simms

Personal Info

Birthday

May 26, 1915

Day of Death

1994-04-04

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Virginia Ellen Simms

Ginny Simms

Biography

Virginia Ellen Simms (May 25, 1913 – April 4, 1994) was an American popular singer and film actress. Simms sang with big bands and labeled with Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford, and others. She also worked as an MGM and Universal film actress and appeared in 11 movies from 1939 to 1951, when she retired.

Known For

Night and Day

Seven Days' Leave

Hit the Ice

Twenty Years After

Here We Go Again

That's Right – You're Wrong

Disc Jockey

Playmates

Filmography

1951
Disc Jockey
as Vickie Peters
1946
Night and Day
as Carole Hill
1945
Shady Lady
as Leonora Lee Appleby
1944
G.I. Journal
as Self
Broadway Rhythm
as Helen Hoyt
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
Hit the Ice
as Marcia Manning
1942
Seven Days' Leave
as Ginny Simms
Here We Go Again
as Jean Gildersleeve
1941
Playmates
as Ginny Simms - Band Singer
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Herself
1940
You'll Find Out
as Herself
1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Ginny Simms