{"id":53626,"date":"2022-08-23T07:35:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T07:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/its-a-wonderful-life-actress-virginia-patton-dies-aged-97\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T07:35:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T07:35:33","slug":"its-a-wonderful-life-actress-virginia-patton-dies-aged-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/its-a-wonderful-life-actress-virginia-patton-dies-aged-97\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life Actress Virginia Patton Dies, Aged 97"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life star Virginia Patton has died, aged 97. The actress, who starred as Ruth Dakin Bailey in the iconic holiday classic, died on Thursday at an assisted living facility in Albany, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVirginia Ann Patton Moss passed peacefully of natural causes on August 18, 2022,\u201d said a statement from Mathews Funeral Home.  \u201cVirginia touched so many lives with her gifts of kindness and grace.  She will always be remembered for her warm hugs, her zest for life, her elegance, and her deep faith in God.  Virginia&#8217;s presence made any gathering extra special, and her passion for family and friends was immeasurable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are saddened to hear of Virginia Patton Moss&#8217; passing.  She played Ruth Dakin Bailey (Harry&#8217;s wife) in &#8216;It&#8217;s A Wonderful Life&#8217;.  Our thoughts are with her family and friends. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/keDIGgMYTJ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/keDIGgMYTJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jimmy Stewart Museum (@Jimmy_Dot_Org) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jimmy_Dot_Org\/status\/1561448207330136065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<section data-transform=\"object-feedback\"\/>\n<p>Patton made her Hollywood debut in 1943 with a handful of uncredited roles but made her breakthrough the following year starring as Carrie Lou in the film, Janie.<\/p>\n<p>Her most recognizable role came just two years later when she starred as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank Capra&#8217;s 1946 classic, It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life.  Her character was married to Harry Bailey (Todd Karns) in the holiday legendary classic, and her big scene saw her meeting George (James Stewart) and Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell) at the Bedford Falls train station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you were on the set, you knew your lines, you knew your business,\u201d she recalled in 2012. \u201cIt was a camaraderie, but it was a business.  It was a wonderful atmosphere that some other directors didn&#8217;t produce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The young starlet went on to clinch a handful of other film roles, but ultimately left Hollywood in 1949 \u2013 every final film role as Millie Dale in The Lucky Stiff.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of just 24, Patton retired from Hollywood and married Cruse W. Moss, moving to Ann Arbor to focus on raising a family.  She was also the niece of General George S. Patton. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a beautiful letter that [Capra] wrote me because I kept in touch with him,\u201d she revealed.  \u201cAnd he said, &#8216;I just knew you&#8217;d be a wonderful mother with three little bambinos and a wonderful husband.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"widget-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 slideshow-preview\">\n<p>The Best Christmas Movies and TV Episodes of the 2000s<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-862123036 hero-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-container aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-child\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p>She later studied at the University of Michigan and became a well-known force for good in the Ann Arbor community, serving as a boy and girl scout leader for 10 years as well as joining the Boards of the University of Michigan Kelsey Museum and the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.<\/p>\n<p>She was a docent at the University of Michigan Museum of Art for over 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Patton also served on the Boards of the American Institute of Archeology, the Washtenaw County Mental Health Services Agency, and Cleary College&#8217;s Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<p>Patton is survived by her two children, Carol Moss Loop and Michael Cruse Moss, as well as her seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN.  You can follow him on <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanLeston\" target=\"_blank\"><em>twitter<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life star Virginia Patton has died, aged 97. The actress, who starred as Ruth Dakin Bailey in the iconic holiday classic, died on Thursday at an assisted living facility in Albany, Georgia. \u201cVirginia Ann Patton Moss passed peacefully of natural causes on August 18, 2022,\u201d said a statement from Mathews Funeral Home. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/its-a-wonderful-life-actress-virginia-patton-dies-aged-97\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life Actress Virginia Patton Dies, Aged 97<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52342,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/virginia-patton-moss-last-surviving-adult-cast-member-of-its-a-wonderful-life-dies-at-97\/","url_meta":{"origin":53626,"position":0},"title":"Virginia Patton Moss, Last Surviving Adult Cast Member of &#8216;It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life,&#8217; Dies at 97","date":"August 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Virginia Patton Moss, a former actress who was the final surviving adult cast member of Frank Capra's \u201cIt's a Wonderful Life,\u201d died on Aug. 18 in Albany, Ga. 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