Hilda Simms (née Moses; April 15, 1918[1][2] – February 6, 1994)[3] was an American stage actress, best known for her starring role on Broadway in 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 1944 where it became an early drama featuring African American actors in work that explored themes unrelated to race.

[12] She had the same role with an otherwise all-white cast the following year in a summer stock production of Streetcar at the Peninsula Playhouse in Fish Creek, Wisconsin.

[3] She portrayed Miss Ayres on the television series The Nurses,[14] and hosted her own radio show, titled Ladies Day, on New York City's WOV.

She narrated, along with Frederick O'Neal, the educational record "Great Negro Americans", written and produced by Alan Sands.

She also became an active participant in political movements and served as the creative arts director for the New York State Human Rights Commission.