Karolyn Grimes
- 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.
