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Karolyn Grimes
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…
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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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2016
Creature Features
TV show Self
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2011
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
Movie Self - Interviewee / Zuzu Bailey
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1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1951
Honeychile
Movie Effie
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1950
Rio Grande
Movie Margaret Mary
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1949
Lust for Gold
Movie Young Martha
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1948
Albuquerque
Movie Myrtle Walton
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1947
The Bishop's Wife
Movie Debby Brougham
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1947
Mother Wore Tights
Movie Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)
- 1947
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1947
Philo Vance's Gamble
Movie Pat Roberts
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1947
Sweet and Low
Movie Tammie
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1946
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie Zuzu Bailey
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1946
Blue Skies
Movie Mary Elizabeth Adams (uncredited)
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1946
Sister Kenny
Movie Carolyn (uncredited)
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1945
Pardon My Past
Movie Stephanie Pemberton
