Hilda Simms Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Hilda Simms Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Hilda Simms (born Hilda Moses, April , â€" February , ) was an

American stage actress, best known for her starring role on Broadway

in Anna Lucasta.Hilda Simms was born Hilda Moses in Minneapolis,

Minnesota, one of siblings. When Simms starred in the critically

acclaimed Broadway hit Anna Lucasta, her mother Lydia refused to

attend the play on Broadway, stating that she would not watch her

daughter play a prostitute as she didn't raise her that way. Simms and

her siblings were raised devout Catholics in Minneapolis and walked

several miles to school each morning to attend the Basilica of St.

Mary on the outskirts of Minneapolis.Before becoming an actress, Simms

planned to enter the teaching profession. She enrolled at the

University of Minnesota and engaged in her studies until lack of funds

forced her abandon them. Simms relocated to New York, acting in radio

dramas and becoming a member of the American Negro Theater, where she

gained professional acting experience. As a member of this noted

ensemble, she worked on sound effects, props and publicity while

learning her new craft. In New York she met and married William Simms

and adopted his surname.[citation needed]Her first marriage ended in

divorce, although she retained her first husband's surname as her

professional name.The marriage to Simms was short-lived. In , two

years after divorcing him, Simms made her debut in the title role of

Philip Yordan's play, Anna Lucasta. Yordan had originally written the

play for an all-white cast but the show made a huge splash when the

American Negro Theater produced it. The production moved to Broadway

in where it became an early drama featuring African American actors

in work that explored themes un-related to race. When the play toured

abroad, Simms continued playing in Anna Lucasta while enjoying a

singing career in Paris nightclubs under the name Julie Riccardo.
Hilda Simms Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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