Karolyn Grimes Net Worth

Zuzu had been a part of Grimes' past but as It's a Wonderful Life gained more attention, she gave local interviews in the 1980s and national interviews in the 1990s. After she suffered a serious financial setback during the early 2000s recession, she made a career of her advocacy for the film.

Grimes' first marriage ended in divorce, after which her ex-husband was killed in a hunting accident. Her 18-year-old son committed suicide in 1989, and her second husband died from cancer in 1994.

Grimes was honored as a famous Missourian with a star on the Missouri Walk of Fame in Marshfield, Missouri. She also received the city's highest honor, the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative in 2007 at the annual Marshfield cherry blossom festival.