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๐Š๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง "๐™๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ" ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ starred in 16 movies with legendary screen giants including one of the most beloved movies of all time, "๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐–๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž,โ€ Frank Capraโ€™s heartwarming 1946 drama about the trials and triumphs of a family man named George Bailey, played by ๐‰๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ญ and co-starring Donna Reed. Her iconic role as their daughter is one of the most memorable roles in cinema history. The film was named 20th on the American Film Instituteโ€™s greatest 100 American movies of all time. 79 years after the film debuted, here is an incredible interview with Karolyn that has share her most famous line from the movie as well as: -Her back story from her first acting part at the age of 4 -As a stage mother, how instrumental her mother was in having her take all types of lessons to show how she could act, sing, & dance -Some of the 16 movies she starred in and the mega stars including: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž - Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven ๐‘๐ข๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ž (1950) with John Wayne and Maureen Oโ€™Hara ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐€๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง (1952) with Danny Kaye -Her experience with Bing Crosby. Did he really kiss her? -What was it like working with Donna Reed & Jimmy Stewart? -How her life changed after the death of her parents. -After working on all these films, what happened when she became orphaned at the age of 14 & had to leave your acting behind? -How old she was when she first saw her movie Itโ€™s a Wonderful Life? -When did reconnect with Jimmy Stewart and how was that reunion after so long? -Are there any other members of the Bailey family still living, and what is -her relationship with them? -The 80th anniversary of the annual Itโ€™s A Wonderful Life Festival. How a small community in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York, Seneca Falls, transforms into Bedford Falls the second weekend of December. -What makes that small town in upstate, NY so special and is it true that the Director Frank Capra stopped at a Barbershop there and heard a story of a young boy, who saved the life of a young girl by jumping off a bridge similar to the scene in the movie with Clarance the Angel & George Bailey. You can catch Karolyn and her husband, Dr. Chris Brunell, on their own podcast, ๐™๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ: ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐”๐ฉ. -For more info about the Festival: ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ -For more info on the Itโ€™s A Wonderful Life Museum: ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐š๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ -For more info on the 5K Festival Race: ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐Ÿ“๐ค.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ -To learn more about Karolyn's podcast, her appearances, or to order a souvenir from her: ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ or ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ.๐ง๐ž๐ญ
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