Virginia Patton
Actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1925 to 2022 · aged 97
Virginia Ann Marie Patton Moss 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).
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The Lucky StiffFilm, Millie Dale1948
Black EagleFilm, Ginny Long1947
A Double LifeFilm, Actress in "Othello"
The Burning CrossFilm, 1947Doris Green1946
Canyon PassageFilm, Liza Stone/Barlett (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful LifeFilm, 1946Ruth Dakin
Nobody Lives ForeverFilm, 1946Switchboard Operator (uncredited)1945
The Horn Blows at MidnightFilm, Party Girl (uncredited)1944
Hollywood CanteenFilm, Junior Hostess (uncredited)
JanieFilm, 1944Carrie Lou
Roaring GunsFilm, 1944Karen Ferris
The Last RideFilm, 1944Hazel Dale (uncredited)1943
Old AcquaintanceFilm, College Girl (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky StarsFilm, 1943Girl in Ann Sheridan Number (uncredited)1925Born25 June 1925People around Virginia
Heinz Eric Roemheld Wrote Thank Your Lucky Stars and Janie
Jack Benny Produced The Lucky Stiff (1949)
Mark Hellinger Produced Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Frank Capra Directed It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
George Cukor Directed A Double Life (1947)
Hattie McDaniel Also in Thank Your Lucky Stars and Janie
Michael Curtiz Directed Janie (1944)
David Butler Directed Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Frank Faylen Also in It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
Hank Mann Also in Thank Your Lucky Stars and The Last Ride
Creighton Hale Also in Thank Your Lucky Stars and The Last Ride
Jack Mower Also in Thank Your Lucky Stars and The Last Ride
Joe Sawyer Also in The Lucky Stiff and A Double Life
Mary Treen Also in It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
Lewis R. Foster Directed The Lucky Stiff (1949)- Michael Kanin Produced A Double Life (1947)
- D. Ross Lederman Directed The Last Ride (1944)
Edward Keane Also in It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
Bert Moorhouse Also in It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
Charles Sullivan Also in It's a Wonderful Life and The Last Ride
Joyce Reynolds Also in Thank Your Lucky Stars and Janie
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Canyon Passage 1946
A Double Life 1947
