Virginia Patton, actress in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ dead at 97: ‘Another bell has rung’
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Virginia Patton, the niece of WWII Gen. George Patton,appeared in "It's a Wonderful Life," a 1946 holiday classic by Frank Capra that starred Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey.
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Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu Bailey in the Frank Capra classic, told Fox News Digital on Sunday that "another bell has rung." Jeanine Ann Roose, the former child star who played Little Violet Bick in the 1946 film, passed away on New Year’s Eve 2021.
"We mourn the loss of another cast member," the 82-year-old shared. "A few years ago, I got to visit Virginia in her home, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her husband, [automotive executive] Cruse [W. Moss] took me on a tour of the grounds. She was an artist and a history buff. She and her husband had stunning collections of artifacts of history from all over the world. She was always proud that she got to work with Frank Capra."