---
name: "Karolyn Grimes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karolyn-grimes"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 July 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T01:42:11.592983+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Karolyn Grimes

Actor. Born 4 July 1940 in Hollywood, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 July 1940, Hollywood, California, USA
- **Active:** 1946–1947
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolyn_Grimes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373213, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1033293

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Bishop's Wife*](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md) (74)

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## Biography

Karolyn Grimes is an American actress. She was born on 4 July 1940 in Hollywood, California.

Grimes began her career as a child actor and appeared in 16 films between 1945 and 1954. She is known for her role as Zuzu Bailey in *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), Debby Brougham in *The Bishop's Wife* (1947) and Margaret Mary in *Rio Grande* (1950). She made further screen appearances in 2016 and 2020.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), Fi1m 74, as Debby Brougham — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md)
- *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), Fi1m 91, as Zuzu Bailey — [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-wonderful-life.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Honeychile* (1951), as Effie
- *Rio Grande* (1950), as Margaret Mary
- *Lust for Gold* (1949), as Young Martha
- *Albuquerque* (1948), as Myrtle Walton
- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), as Debby Brougham — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md)
- *Mother Wore Tights* (1947), as Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)
- *The Private Affairs of Bel Ami* (1947), Actor
- *Philo Vance's Gamble* (1947), as Pat Roberts
- *Sweet and Low* (1947), as Tammie
- *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), as Zuzu Bailey — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-wonderful-life.md)
- *Blue Skies* (1946), as Mary Elizabeth Adams (uncredited)
- *Sister Kenny* (1946), as Carolyn (uncredited)
- *Pardon My Past* (1945), as Stephanie Pemberton

## Gallery

- ![Mid Atlantic Nostalgia conv Hunt Valley M.D. Sept 2019](https://film.one/media/person/444385/gallery-94053219f350.jpg) Mid Atlantic Nostalgia conv Hunt Valley M.D. Sept 2019 — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Karolyn_Grimes_2019.jpg/1280px-Karolyn_Grimes_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mid Atlantic Nostalgia conv Hunt Valley M.D. Sept 2019](https://film.one/media/person/444385/gallery-77e3b1e97c92.jpg) Mid Atlantic Nostalgia conv Hunt Valley M.D. Sept 2019 — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Karolyn_Grimes_in_2019.jpg/1280px-Karolyn_Grimes_in_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Zuzu from It's a Wonderful Life (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/444385/gallery-c84fccfdd53b.jpg) Zuzu from It's a Wonderful Life (2017) — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Karolyn_Grimes_%2833969072974%29.jpg/1280px-Karolyn_Grimes_%2833969072974%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karolyn Grimes](https://film.one/media/person/444385/gallery-3cd4e90bbc3b.jpg) Karolyn Grimes — Liberty Films, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Zuzu_Bailey_from_It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life.gif?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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