Karolyn Grimes
Birthday
1940/07/04 (84 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Hollywood, California, USA
Also know as
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Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1946) It's a Wonderful Life
as The Bailey Child - Zuzu
(1947) The Bishop's Wife
as Debby Brougham
(1946) Blue Skies
as Mary Elizabeth Adams
(1947) Mother Wore Tights
as Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)
(1945) Pardon My Past
as Stephanie Pemberton
(1947) The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as ---
(1947) Philo Vance's Gamble
as Pat Roberts
(1947) Sweet and Low
as Tammie
(1946) Sister Kenny
as Carolyn (uncredited)
(2011) A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
as Self - Interviewee / Zuzu Bailey
(1949) Lust for Gold
as Young Martha
(1948) Albuquerque
as Myrtle Walton
(1950) Rio Grande
as Margaret Mary
(1951) Honeychile
as Effie
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) Creature Features
as Self