Karolyn grimes biography

It's a tale not many fans of the 1946 Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life know, but after filming, the actress who played little Zuzu Bailey experienced a personal tragedy that took her far away from Hollywood, and sidetracked her acting career for decades.

Her life made such a drastic turn, in fact, that nearly 35 years after the film's debut, when her co-star Jimmy Stewart finally tracked her down, Karolyn Grimes hadn't even seen the movie.

A resurgence in public interest in the film in the early 1980s prompted Stewart to find out whatever happened to the little girl who had played Zuzu, said Grimes at a press conference with fellow "Bailey children" Carol Coombs (Janie) and Jimmy Hawkins (Tommy) on Dec.

9. This year marks the film's 70th anniversary, a milestone that brought the actors together in Seneca Falls, New York, the town that inspired Bedford Falls, for the annual "