American singer and actress.
Born 13 May 1913 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Died 4 April 1994 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
She also went by the name Virginia E. Eastvold.
Simms sang with big bands and with Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford, and others. She also worked as an MGM and Universal film actress and appeared in eleven movies from 1939 to 1952, when she retired.
She charted as a singer three times between 1941-44: Walkin' by the River hit #16 in 1941 and Irresistible You hit #21 and Wish You Were Waiting for Me hit #23 in 1944.