Corinne Griffith
Born
November 21, 1894
Died
July 13, 1979 (84 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Texarkana, Texas, USA
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962
Paradise Alley
Mrs. Wilson
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957
Lily Christine
Lily Christine Summerset
1932
Back Pay
Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
1930
Lilies of the Field
Mildred Harker
1930
Prisoners
Riza Riga
1929
Saturday's Children
Bobby Halevy
1929
The Divine Lady
Lady Emma Hart Hamilton
1928
Outcast
Miriam
1928
The Garden of Eden
Toni LeBrun
1928
Three Hours
Madeline Durkin
1927
The Lady in Ermine
Mariana Beltrami
1927
Syncopating Sue
Susan Adams
1926
Into Her Kingdom
Grand Duchess Tatiana
1926
Mademoiselle Modiste
Fifi
1926
Infatuation
Violet Bancroft
1925
Classified
Babs Comet
1925
The Marriage Whirl
Marian Hale
1925
Déclassé
Lady Heelen Haden
1925
Lilies of the Field
Mildred Harker
1924
Black Oxen
Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden
1923
Six Days
Laline Kingston
1923
The Common Law
Valerie West
1923
Divorce Coupons
Linda Catherton
1922
A Virgin's Sacrifice
Althea Sherrill
1922
Moral Fibre
Marion Wolcott
1921
What's Your Reputation Worth?
Cara Deene
1921
The Broadway Bubble
Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn
1920
The Unknown Quantity
Mary Boyne
1919
The Adventure Shop
Phyllis Blake
1919
The Girl of Today
Leslie Selden
1918
The Clutch of Circumstance
Ruth Lawson
1918
Who Goes There?
Karen Girard
1917
The Love Doctor
Blanche Hildreth
1917
Transgression
Marion Hayward
1917
The Stolen Treaty
Irene Mitchell
1917
The Mystery of Lake Lethe
1917
Through the Wall
Pussy Wimott
1916
The Cost of High Living
Jack's Sister
1916