Corinne Griffith
Acting • Born 1894-11-21 – Died 1979-07-13
Biography
Griffith was born in Texarkana, Texas to John Lewis Griffin and Ambolina (Ambolyn) Ghio. She attended Sacred Heart Convent school in New Orleans and worked as a dancer before she began her acting career. Griffith began her screen career at the Vitagraph Studios in 1916. She later moved to First National, where she became one of their most popular stars. In 1928, she had the starring role in The Garden of Eden. The next year, in 1929, Griffith received an Academy Award nomination for her role in The Divine Lady. Griffith's first sound film, Lilies of the Field, was released in 1930. Griffith's voice did not record well (The New York Times stated that she "talked through her nose"), and the film was a box office flop. After appearing in one more motion picture, the British film Lily Christine in 1932, she retired from acting. She returned to the screen in 1962 in the low-budget melodrama Paradise Alley, which received scant release.
Filmography
59 credits
The Clutch of Circumstance
Movie • 1918
Ruth Lawson
The Divine Lady
Movie • 1928
Lady Emma Hart Hamilton
A Virgin's Sacrifice
Movie • 1922
Althea Sherrill
The Garden of Eden
Movie • 1928
Toni LeBrun
Back Pay
Movie • 1930
Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
Black Oxen
Movie • 1923
Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden
The Unknown Quantity
Movie • 1919
Mary Boyne
Through the Wall
Movie • 1916
Pussy Wimott
The Mystery of Lake Lethe
Movie • 1917
Lilies of the Field
Movie • 1930
Mildred Harker
Lilies of the Field
Movie • 1924
Mildred Harker
Three Hours
Movie • 1927
Madeline Durkin
Paradise Alley
Movie • 1962
Mrs. Wilson
The Girl of Today
Movie • 1918
Leslie Selden
Transgression
Movie • 1917
Marion Hayward
The Stolen Treaty
Movie • 1917
Irene Mitchell
Who Goes There?
Movie • 1917
Karen Girard
Déclassé
Movie • 1925
Lady Heelen Haden
Mademoiselle Modiste
Movie • 1926
Fifi
Saturday's Children
Movie • 1929
Bobby Halevy
The Love Doctor
Movie • 1917
Blanche Hildreth
The Marriage Whirl
Movie • 1925
Marian Hale
Classified
Movie • 1925
Babs Comet
The Lady in Ermine
Movie • 1927
Mariana Beltrami
Prisoners
Movie • 1929
Riza Riga
Lily Christine
Movie • 1932
Lily Christine Summerset
Syncopating Sue
Movie • 1926
Susan Adams
The Common Law
Movie • 1923
Valerie West
The Cost of High Living
Movie • 1916
Jack's Sister
The Adventure Shop
Movie • 1919
Phyllis Blake
Infatuation
Movie • 1925
Violet Bancroft
Outcast
Movie • 1928
Miriam
Six Days
Movie • 1923
Laline Kingston
The Broadway Bubble
Movie • 1920
Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn
Into Her Kingdom
Movie • 1926
Grand Duchess Tatiana
Moral Fibre
Movie • 1921
Marion Wolcott
Divorce Coupons
Movie • 1922
Linda Catherton
What's Your Reputation Worth?
Movie • 1921
Cara Deene
Love's Wilderness
Movie • 1924
Linda Lou Heath
Single Wives
Movie • 1924
Betty Jordan
Island Wives
Movie • 1922
Elsa Melton
The Bramble Bush
Movie • 1919
Kaly Dial
The Tower of Jewels
Movie • 1919
Emily Cottrell
The Whisper Market
Movie • 1920
Erminie North
The Girl Problem
Movie • 1919
Erminie Foster
The Garter Girl
Movie • 1920
Rosalie Ray
Babs
Movie • 1920
Barbara Marvin
The Single Track
Movie • 1921
Janette Gildersleeve
Thin Ice
Movie • 1919
Alice Winton
Deadline at Eleven
Movie • 1920
Helen Stevens
The Climbers
Movie • 1919
Blanche Sterling
A Girl at Bay
Movie • 1919
Mary Allen
The Menace
Movie • 1918
Virginia Denton
I Will Repay
Movie • 1917
Virginia Rodney
Miss Ambition
Movie • 1918
Marta
Love Watches
Movie • 1918
Jacqueline Cartaret
It Isn't Being Done This Season
Movie • 1921
Marcia Ventnor
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
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