Ginny Simms Net Worth

Ginny Simms Net Worth is
$13 Million

Ginny Simms Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Ginny Simms (May 13, 1913 – April 4, 1994; also known as Virginia E. Eastvold) was an American popular singer and film actress. She labeled with Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford and others.Born in San Antonio, Texas, she sang with big bands and worked as MGM contract player film actress. She appeared in 11 movies from 1939 to 1951, when she retired. She was married three times, to Hyatt Hotels founder Hyatt von Dehn from 1945 to 1951, to Bob Calhoun from 1951 to 1952, and to Don Eastvold from June 22, 1962 until her death on April 4, 1994. She originally considered studying to become a concert pianist, but enrolled instead at Fresno State Teachers College. While there, she began performing in campus productions, singing with sorority sisters and even forming a popular campus vocal trio. Shortly afterward, she struck out on her own to establish a solo singing career and by 1932, she had her own program on a local radio station. Also in 1932, she became band vocalist for the Tom Gerun band in San Francisco, working together with other vocalists including a young Tony Martin and Woody Herman. She joined the Kay Kyser Orchestra in 1938, where she received her first national exposure appearing on radio shows and in films with Kyser. She made her first movie with Kyser and Lucille Ball, That’s Right You’re Wrong (1939). She nearly married Kyser but left his orchestra in 1941 to do her own radio show. She starred in the movies Here We Go Again with Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Fibber McGee & Molly (1942), Hit the Ice with Abbott & Costello (1943), as Helen Hoyt in Broadway Rhythm with George Murphy (1944), and as Carole Hill in Cole Porter’s Night and Day (1946) with Cary Grant and Alexis Smith. In 1951, Simms hosted a local television show on Los Angeles Channel 11, KTTV, which featured dance bands and talent from army, navy, marine, and air force bases around Southern California.In 1993, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.She died in 1994 in Palm Springs, aged 80, and is interred in Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.

Date Of BirthMay 25, 1915
Died1994-04-04
Place Of BirthSan Antonio, Texas, USA
Height5' 6" (1.68 m)
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack
Star SignGemini
#Fact
1She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6408 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
2Was romantically involved with Kay Kyser at one point but they eventually broke up. She left the band and was replaced by Georgia Carroll, who subsequently became Mrs. Kay Kyser.
3She earned distinction during WWII and was given several citations. She had a B-17 Flying Fortress named after her.
4Had two sons from her first marriage to Hyatt von Dehn, David and Conrad.
5Related to actress Cassandra Eastwold.
6Related to dancer/choreographer Daren Eastwold and Vanessa Eastwold.
7Her first son, David Martin Dehn, was born in 1946.
8Buried at Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, USA
9Frequent escort of MGM chief Louis B. Mayer after his divorce.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Disc Jockey1951Vickie Peters
Night and Day1946Carole Hill
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 2: Radio Shows1945ShortGinny Simms - Kay Kyser Radio Show
Shady Lady1945Leonora Lee Appleby
Broadway Rhythm1944Helen Hoyt
G.I. Journal1944ShortGinny Simms
Hit the Ice1943Marcia Manning
Seven Days' Leave1942Ginny Simms
Here We Go Again1942Jean Gildersleeve
Playmates1941Ginny Simms - Band Singer
You'll Find Out1940Ginny Simms
That's Right - You're Wrong1939Ginny Simms - Band Singer

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Night and Day1946performer: "I Get a Kick out of You" 1934, "I Wonder What's Become of Sally" 1924, "What Is This Thing Called Love?" 1929, "I've Got You Under My Skin" 1936, "Just One of Those Things" 1935, "You're the Top" 1934 - uncredited
Broadway Rhythm1944performer: "All The Things You Are", "Amor", "Who's Who?"
Hit the Ice1943performer: "Happiness Bound" 1943, "I'm Like a Fish Out of Water" 1943, "I'd Like to Set You to Music" 1943, "The Slap Polka" 1943
Seven Days' Leave1942performer: "Can't Get Out of This Mood" 1942
Here We Go Again1942performer: "Until I Live Again" 1942
Playmates1941performer: "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
You'll Find Out1940performer: "I'd Know You Anywhere" 1940, "Like the Fella Once Said" 1940, "I've Got a One Track Mind" 1940 - uncredited
That's Right - You're Wrong1939performer: "The Little Red Fox N'Ya N'Ya You Can't Catch Me" 1939, "Fit to Be Tied" 1939, "The Answer Is Love" 1939, "Happy Birthday to Love" 1939, "Chatterbox" 1939

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Screen Snapshots Series 34, No. 6: Hollywood Shower of Stars1955ShortHerself
The Ed Sullivan Show1952-1955TV SeriesHerself
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball1952ShortHerself
Screen Snapshots: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party1951ShortHerself
General Electric Guest House1951TV SeriesHerself
Screen Snapshots: Famous Hollywood Mothers1947Documentary shortHerself
Screen Snapshots: Holiday in Las Vegas1947Documentary shortHerself (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 11941Documentary shortHerself (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 61935Short documentaryHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories2008VideoHerself
Entertaining the Troops1988DocumentaryHerself
Hollywood and the Stars1964TV SeriesHerself
Snowtime Jubilee1949ShortVocalist

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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