Virginia Patton | |
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Born | Virginia Ann Marie Patton June 25, 1925 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | August 18, 2022 Albany, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 97)
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1943–1949 |
Known for | It's a Wonderful Life |
Relatives | General George Smith Patton Jr. (uncle) |
Virginia Ann Marie Patton Moss (June 25, 1925 – August 18, 2022) was an American actress. After appearing in several films in the early 1940s, she was cast in her most well-known role as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). In 1949, Patton retired from acting, and her final film credit was The Lucky Stiff (1949).