Virginia Patton Moss, the final surviving grownup solid member from the vacation basic "It is a Fantastic Life," has died on the age of 97. Karolyn Grimes, a toddler actor within the 1946 film, confirmed her demise in a Fb put up.
"We've got one other angel! Virginia Patton Moss. She was 97 years outdated. She performed Harry Bailey's spouse within the movie, it is a Fantastic Life! She is now along with her beloved Cruse. She can be missed!" Grimes wrote Sunday.
Moss was identified for her function as Ruth Dakin Bailey in director Frank Capra's It is a Fantastic Life – extensively thought-about to be top-of-the-line movies ever made and nominated for 5 Academy Awards. The American Movie Institute ranks it as No. 11 of the best American films of all time. She retired from performing a couple of years later and her final movie credit score was in "The Fortunate Stuff" in 1949.
Moss pivoted into the enterprise world and have become president of The Patton Corp., an funding and actual property holdings firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan, based on her bio on IMDB. She additionally served on the Cleary College board of trustees and the Washtenaw County Neighborhood Psychological Well being Service board of administrators.
She was the niece of World Warfare II Gen. George S. Patton. Moss was married to Cruse W. Moss from 1949 till his demise in 2018 and had three youngsters collectively. In 2012, she mirrored about her choice to depart Hollywood and give attention to elevating her household, based on Selection.
"I could not see me doing that for my life," Moss mentioned. "I wished precisely what I'm. Ann Arbor, Michigan, a beautiful husband, fantastic youngsters, an excellent a part of the group. I work laborious for the group."