1. Karolyn Grimes is best known for her role as Zuzu Bailey in the classic 1946 Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life.
17 Facts About Karolyn Grimes
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Karolyn Grimes played Debby Brougham in the 1947 film The Bishop's Wife.
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Karolyn Grimes first attracted attention playing Fred MacMurray's daughter in 1945's Pardon My Past.
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In total, Grimes starred in 16 motion pictures as a child actor; however, it is as Zuzu that she is best remembered.
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Karolyn Grimes was honored as a famous Missourian with a star on the Missouri Walk of Fame in Marshfield, Missouri.
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Karolyn Grimes 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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Karolyn Grimes's father worked as a store manager for Safeway.
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However, when Karolyn Grimes was 8, her mother's health began to decline.
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Karolyn Grimes was suffering from early onset Alzheimer's disease, an aggressive form of the malady.
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Karolyn Grimes adjusted to the changes, and found support from among the townspeople, who were aware of what she was going through.
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Karolyn Grimes attended the University of Central Missouri and became a medical technologist.
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Karolyn Grimes married, had two children, divorced, married again to a man with three children, and then had two more children with her second husband.
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Karolyn Grimes was 39 years old by the time Stewart's secretary tracked her down.
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Karolyn Grimes took the movie's message to heart, and came to be a strong advocate for the film.
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Karolyn Grimes has been called upon to introduce the film at screenings nationwide, meeting with people and signing autographs for those who had come to love the picture and its portrayal of hope.
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Karolyn Grimes continues to be invited to big-screen showings of It's a Wonderful Life at dinner theaters worldwide, where she is asked to share stories of her memories of Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and the making of the picture.
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Karolyn Grimes wrote a holiday cookbook with recipes interspersed with pictures and stories of her time on the set of the movie.