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 ...
Lives in Stilwell, Kansas and makes many personal, television and radio appearances. [1997]
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During a personal appearance in October 2015, Karolyn and her husband indicated they live in Seattle.
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Grimes makes personal appearances and delivers keynote addresses at corporate and private functions across the United States (McLeod, Mike, "Passions With... Karolyn Grimes", Heritage Magazine, Spring 2010) [March 2010]
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Interviewed in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010) by Tom Weaver.
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She rang the Closing Bell on Wall Street in 2003.
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According to Grimes, the name "Zuzu" came from a cookie, similar to a gingersnap, that was sold in the early 1900s.
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One of her most vivid memories of filming "It's a Wonderful Life" was the large Christmas tree in the Bailey house. Grimes' own family had a two-foot-tall tree that stood on a table. She enjoyed the snow on the set, even thought it was artificial, because she had never seen real snow.
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Her Hollywood career ended with her parents' deaths when she was a teen. She was sent to live with her aunt. She eventually became a medical technician.
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She still has an angel ornament from the Christmas tree in the movie It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
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In 1999, she went to Philadelphia to take part in special extravaganza. One-hundred 4th of July babies were present from 1900-1999 and she represented 1940.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cassandra's Castle
2016
TV Series pre-production
Sister Bernadice
It's a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story
announced
Zuzu Bailey
The Ford Television Theatre
1954
TV Series
Fireside Theatre
1953
TV Series
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
Copenhagen Match Girl (uncredited)
Honeychile
1951
Effie
Rio Grande
1950
Margaret Mary
Lust for Gold
1949
Young Martha (uncredited)
Albuquerque
1948
Myrtle Walton
The Bishop's Wife
1947
Debby Brougham
Unconquered
1947
Little Girl (uncredited)
Mother Wore Tights
1947
Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
Laurine de Marelle
Philo Vance's Gamble
1947
Pat Roberts
Sweet and Low
1947
Short
Tammie
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Bailey Child - Zuzu
Blue Skies
1946
Mary Elizabeth Adams
Sister Kenny
1946
Carolyn (uncredited)
Pardon My Past
1945
Stephanie Pemberton
That Night with You
1945
Orphan (uncredited)
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
2011
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Oprah: Where Are They Now?
2016
TV Series
Herself
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
2011
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Interviewee / Zuzu Bailey
When Christ Was Alive
2009
Video documentary
Herself - Co-host
Best Ever Christmas Films
2005
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Spotlight on Karolyn Grimes
2001
TV Movie
Herself
The 100 Greatest Films
2001
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Moviemakers
1983
TV Series
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Am
2010/III
Documentary
Bailey Child - Zuzu (uncredited)
The 71st Annual Academy Awards
1999
TV Special
Zuzu Bailey (uncredited)
Menace II Society
1993
Zuzu Bailey in 'It's a Wonderful Life' (uncredited)
Cheers
1987
TV Series
Zuzu Bailey
Known for movies
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as Bailey Child - Zuzu
$10 Million
