Corinne Griffith

​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

Birth Location Texarkana, Texas, USA
Born 1894-11-21
Died 1979-07-13

Movies

Paradise Alley as Mrs. Wilson
1962
Lily Christine as Lily Christine Summerset
1932
Back Pay as Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
1930
Lilies of the Field as Mildred Harker
1930
Prisoners as Riza Riga
1929
Saturday's Children as Bobby Halevy
1929
The Divine Lady as Lady Emma Hart Hamilton
1928
Outcast as Miriam
1928
The Garden of Eden as Toni LeBrun
1928
Three Hours as Madeline Durkin
1927
The Lady in Ermine as Mariana Beltrami
1927
Syncopating Sue as Susan Adams
1926
Into Her Kingdom as Grand Duchess Tatiana
1926
1926
Infatuation as Violet Bancroft
1925
Classified as Babs Comet
1925
Déclassé as Lady Heelen Haden
1925
Lilies of the Field as Mildred Harker
1924
Black Oxen as Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden
1923
Six Days as Laline Kingston
1923
The Common Law as Valerie West
1923
A Virgin's Sacrifice as Althea Sherrill
1922
The Broadway Bubble as Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn
1920
The Unknown Quantity as Mary Boyne
1919
The Adventure Shop as Phyllis Blake
1919
The Girl of Today as Leslie Selden
1918
1918
Who Goes There? as Karen Girard
1917
The Love Doctor as Blanche Hildreth
1917
Transgression as Marion Hayward
1917
The Stolen Treaty as Irene Mitchell
1917
Through the Wall as Pussy Wimott
1916
The Cost of High Living as Jack's Sister
1916

Movies

1963
Three Hours Executive Producer
1927
Into Her Kingdom Executive Producer
1926
Infatuation Executive Producer
1925
Classified Producer
1925
The Marriage Whirl Executive Producer
1925