Karolyn Grimes

Karolyn Grimes ( born July 4, 1940 in Hollywood, California ) is a former American child actress.

Life and career

Karolyn Grimes escaped her mother's acting business, her film debut at the age of five years. Her most famous appearance was in 1946 as Zuzu Bailey, the youngest daughter of George Bailey in the Christmas classic that 's a Wonderful Life? . In the film, she spoke the famous sentence "And every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings " ( Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings ). With Every woman needs an angel she still appeared in the following year in another Christmas movie. She stepped up in 1952 in a total of 16 films. 2015, to the film It's a Wonderful Life: return to the big screen The Rest of the Story, in which she plays the role of Zuzu again.

Karolyn Grimes suffered in later life many Schickalschläge. Her mother died from an illness when she was 14, her father only a year later in a car accident. Then they had to move to her aunt and uncle in Missouri. She attended the University of Central Missouri and then worked as a medical technician. Her first husband died in a hunting accident, her 18 -year-old son committed suicide in 1989 and her second husband died in 1994 from cancer. At the same time, however, the popularity of took Is not life beautiful? so strong that they could resolve their financial difficulties with numerous public appearances. It occurs on numerous film and Fanfestivals of the film.

Filmography

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