Ginny Simms

Texas

Female

Born May 25, 1913

Died Apr 4, 1994

Other Names Eastvold, Virgini...

Ginny Simms (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… Read More

Romance

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Bob Calhoun
Married 1951 - 1952
Louis B. Mayer
Dated 1943 - 1944
Don Eastvold

Married
Hyatt Vondehn

Married
Kay Kyser
Dated

News + Updates

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There's No One Like Judy Garland Beaumont Enterprise
Google News - Jun 10, 2011

The group from left includes: Virginia O' Brien, Frances Langford, Judy Garland, Dorothy Lamour, Ginny Simms and Dinah Shore. Movie director Vincente Minnelli places a kiss on the brow of actress and singer Judy Garland after their marriage at the home
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Glover: Recalling Golden Radio Days The Times Of Trenton Nj.Com
Google News - May 31, 2011

At the Glover home, a typical radio evening would find us listening to Frank Singizer, Gabriel Heatter or Lowell Thomas deliver the news, perhaps followed by a 15-minute musical program with Lanny Ross or Ginny Simms. And before we had those "artists"
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Harry Babbitt, 90, Singer Prominent In Big Band Era
NYTimes - Apr 26, 2004

Harry Babbitt, a featured singer of the big band era who performed with Kay Kyser's band in the late 1930's and 40's, died April 9 at a nursing home in Aliso Viejo, Calif. He was 90. His death was announced by his son Christopher. The Kyser band featured serious swing arrangements but also comedic touches, and it gained a wide following with the
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Spotlight; Hit Parade
NYTimes - Mar 14, 1999

Carey Grant and Alexis Smith get top billing in Michael Curtiz's NIGHT AND DAY (1946), a thin but festive biography of Cole Porter (played by Grant, above right). But the real star in this celebratory medley of Cole Porter songs is the toothsome and tireless songbird Ginny Simms. The numbers include some ornate favorites from Broadway, and among
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1913 Birth Born in 1913.

TEENAGE

1932 19 Years Old 1 More Event

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.

TWENTIES

1938 25 Years Old She joined the Kay Kyser Orchestra in 1938, where she received her first national exposure appearing on radio shows and in films with Kyser. … Read More

1941 28 Years Old She nearly married Kyser but left his orchestra in 1941 to do her own radio show. … Read More

THIRTIES

1945 32 Years Old … 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. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1993 80 Years Old In 1993, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.

1994 81 Years Old She died in 1994 in Palm Springs and is buried in Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.

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