Karolyn Grimes

Karolyn Grimes is an American actress, born in Hollywood, California, who took violin, piano, singing and dance lessons as a small child and first appeared on screen at six months old. She drew notice as Fred MacMurray's daughter in Pardon My Past (1945), and her best known part came as Zuzu Bailey in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). The following year she made six films, among them The Bishop's Wife (1947), playing the child of David Niven and Loretta Young. She appeared in 16 movies as a child actor and is remembered above all for Zuzu. Later recognition in Missouri included a Walk of Fame star in Marshfield and, in 2007, the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative. Since 2001 she has headlined an annual festival in Seneca Falls, New York, and she made the documentary Angels Among Us, later launching the Zuzu All Grown Up radio show and podcast.