RIP Virginia Patton Moss

[MSOrange]

Last surviving adult cast member of It's a Wonderful Life. She played Ruth Dakin Bailey, Harry's wife.

Virginia Patton Moss, Last Surviving Adult Cast Member of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ Dies at 97

Virginia Patton Moss, who played sister-in-law to James Stewart's George Bailey in the Frank Capra holiday classic, has died. She was 97.

variety.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Did she even have 5 lines in the whole movie?

She was in the train station scene, and the wedding scene, then she disappeared.

 

[MSOrange]

Did she even have 5 lines in the whole movie?

She was in the train station scene, and the wedding scene, then she disappeared.

Those are the only 2 I remember and I watch it every year. She may have been there at the end when everyone gather's at George's house, but not sure about that.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Those are the only 2 I remember and I watch it every year. She may have been there at the end when everyone gather's at George's house, but not sure about that.

They moved to Buffalo or Rochester when Harry went to work in her father's factory. Harry was just coming to Bedford Falls direct from DC after receiving the Medal of Honor.

 

[CA Monk]

FWIW. I have it on weak authority (family lore) that my aunt was the body double for Donna Reed when they did the over the shoulder shots of Jimmy Stewart speaking. She was a Barbizon model and made it out to Hollywood for a period before she married an opera singer. Whipty do.
Rest in peace Virginia Patton Moss.