VIRGINIA PATTON

Former actress and businesswoman Virginia Patton is popularly known as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, a Hollywood classic film that we still watch today. She was only able to work on a few films such as Thank Your Lucky Stars, Black Eagle, Hollywood Canteen, and Grandfather’s Follies. This is mainly because she got married to Cruse W. Moss in 1949 and decided to retire early to focus on their family. Her final film credit was the comedy crime film, The Lucky Stiff.

Despite her retirement in the film industry, Virginia still goes to interviews for the 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life. Now that she has a lot of free time in her hand, she is probably enjoying the view from her house in Ann Arbor together with her dearest family. She also attended the University of Michigan after she left the entertainment industry. Virginia has only been married once, proving Cruse is her one true love.