Karolyn Grimes
July 4, 1940 (84 years old) in Hollywood, California, USA
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.
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Credits
- 2016 ·Creature Featuresas Self
- 2011 ·A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!as Self - Interviewee / Zuzu Bailey
- 1988 ·James Stewart: A Wonderful Lifeas Self (archive footage)
- 1951 ·Honeychileas Effie
- 1950 ·Rio Grandeas Margaret Mary
- 1949 ·Lust for Goldas Young Martha
- 1948 ·Albuquerqueas Myrtle Walton
- 1947 ·The Bishop's Wifeas Debby Brougham
- 1947 ·Mother Wore Tightsas Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)
- 1947 ·The Private Affairs of Bel Amias
- 1947 ·Philo Vance's Gambleas Pat Roberts
- 1947 ·Sweet and Lowas Tammie
- 1946 ·It's a Wonderful Lifeas The Bailey Child - Zuzu
- 1946 ·Blue Skiesas Mary Elizabeth Adams
- 1946 ·Sister Kennyas Carolyn (uncredited)
- 1945 ·Pardon My Pastas Stephanie Pemberton