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.
2016
as Self
2011
as Self - Interviewee / Zuzu Bailey
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1951
as Effie
1950
as Margaret Mary
1949
as Young Martha
1948
as Myrtle Walton
1947
as Debby Brougham
1947
as Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)
1947
1947
as Pat Roberts
1947
as Tammie
1946
as The Bailey Child - Zuzu
1946
as Mary Elizabeth Adams
1946
as Carolyn (uncredited)
1945
as Stephanie Pemberton