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Hilda Simms: First Leading African-American Actress to Appear in Broadway Hit Production

Hilda Simms was born 'Hilda Moses' to Emile and Lydia Moses in 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; she was one of eleven children. Simms briefly studied teaching at the University of Minnesota before relocating to New York where she met and married William Simms. She soon gained professional acting experience at Harlem's American Negro Theater. Simms […]

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