Karolyn Grimes

About Karolyn Grimes

Who is it?: Actress
Birth Day: July 04, 1940
Birth Place:  Hollywood, California, United States
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1945–1954 2015–present (acting)
Notable work: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Karolyn Grimes

Karolyn Grimes was born on July 04, 1940 in  Hollywood, California, United States, is 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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Popular As Karolyn Grimes
Occupation Actress
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born July 04, 1940 ( Hollywood, California, United States)
Birthday July 04
Town/City  Hollywood, California, United States
Nationality United States

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Karolyn Grimes’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Karolyn Grimes was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.

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Biography/Timeline

1980

Zuzu had been a part of Grimes' past but as It's a Wonderful Life gained more attention, she gave local interviews in the 1980s and national interviews in the 1990s. After she suffered a serious financial setback during the early 2000s recession, she made a career of her advocacy for the film.

1989

Grimes' first marriage ended in divorce, after which her ex-husband was killed in a hunting accident. Her 18-year-old son committed suicide in 1989, and her second husband died from cancer in 1994.

2007

Grimes was honored as a famous Missourian with a star on the Missouri Walk of Fame in Marshfield, Missouri. She also received the city's highest honor, the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative in 2007 at the annual Marshfield cherry blossom festival.

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