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Karolyn Grimes
ActorBorn July 4, 1940 (84 years)
Karolyn Grimes (born July 4, 1940) is an American actress. At age 6, Karolyn Grimes played the role of Zuzu Bailey in the holiday film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Her childhood film career spanned 16 movies, but she is best remembered for playing the daughter of George and Mary Bailey (James Stewart and Donna Reed). The petals from her rose symbolize the values of family, friends and life itself in the 1946 classic, and it is Zuzu who speaks the movie's most memorable line, "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." In recent years, Karolyn has carried on the spirit of It's a Wonderful Life (1946), serving as the film's most active and appealing ambassador.
Filmography
| 2020 | Canaan Land · as Talk Show Guest |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Zuzu (clip From It's A Wonderful Life (1946)) |
| 2010 | I Am · as Bailey Child - Zuzu |
| 1999 | The 71st Annual Academy Awards · as Zuzu Bailey |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson · as Zuzu Bailey (clip From It's A Wonderful Life (1946)) |
| 1952 | Hans Christian Andersen · as Copenhagen Match Girl |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Honeychile · as Effie |
| 1950 | Rio Grande · as Margaret Mary |
| 1949 | Lust for Gold · as Young Martha |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | Albuquerque · as Myrtle Walton |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife · as Debby Brougham |
| 1947 | Unconquered · as Little Girl |
| 1947 | Mother Wore Tights · as Iris - Age 6 (uncredited) |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | Philo Vance's Gamble · as Pat Roberts |
| 1947 | Sweet and Low · as Tammie |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life · as The Bailey Child - Zuzu |
| 1946 | Blue Skies · as Mary Elizabeth Adams |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny · as Carolyn (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Pardon My Past · as Stephanie Pemberton |
| 1945 | That Night with You · as Orphan |