The actress was best known for her role as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank Capra's Christmas classic, a businesswoman, Virginia Patton Moss, passed away at the age of 97 in Anne Arbor, Mich.
Patton Moss born in 1925 in Cleveland, and made her film debut in the 1943 musical comedy "Thank Your Lucky Stars". She also act in minor roles in Old Acquaintance (1943), Janie (1944), The Last Ride (1944), Hollywood Canteen (1944), The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945), and Canyon Passage (1946). Patton Moss then went on to lead The Burning Cross (1947) and Black Eagle (1948). In 1949, after starring in her final film role in The Lucky Stiff, Patton Moss retired from Hollywood.
She married the late Cruse W. Moss, an automotive executive and remained married for over 60 years, up until his death in 2018.
