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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.
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
Mrs. Wilson
6.0
1962
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1957
Lily Christine Summerset
0.0
1932
Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
4.0
1930
Mildred Harker
3.5
1930
Riza Riga
0.0
1929
Bobby Halevy
0.0
1929
Lady Emma Hart Hamilton
5.3
1928
Miriam
0.0
1928
Toni LeBrun
5.6
1928
Madeline Durkin
0.0
1927
Mariana Beltrami
0.0
1927
Susan Adams
0.0
1926
Grand Duchess Tatiana
0.0
1926
Fifi
0.0
1926
Violet Bancroft
0.0
1925
Babs Comet
1.0
1925
0.0
1925
Lady Heelen Haden
3.5
1925
Mildred Harker
0.0
1924
Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden
5.2
1923
Laline Kingston
0.0
1923
Valerie West
0.0
1923
Linda Catherton
0.0
1922
Althea Sherrill
0.0
1922
Marion Wolcott
0.0
1921
Cara Deene
0.0
1921
Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn
0.0
1920
Mary Boyne
0.0
1919
Phyllis Blake
2.0
1919
Leslie Selden
0.0
1918
Ruth Lawson
0.0
1918
Karen Girard
0.0
1917
Blanche Hildreth
0.0
1917
Marion Hayward
0.0
1917
Irene Mitchell
0.0
1917
0.0
1917
Pussy Wimott
0.0
1916
Jack's Sister
5.0
1916