
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
Self