Corinne Griffith
Acting
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.
TV Shows(2)
Movies(57)
Paradise Alley
Mrs. Wilson
1962
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
Love's Wilderness
Linda Lou Heath
1924
Single Wives
Betty Jordan
1924
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
Island Wives
Elsa Melton
1922
The Single Track
Janette Gildersleeve
1921
Moral Fibre
Marion Wolcott
1921
What's Your Reputation Worth?
Cara Deene
1921
It Isn't Being Done This Season
Marcia Ventnor
1921
The Broadway Bubble
Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn
1920
The Whisper Market
Erminie North
1920
Babs
Barbara Marvin
1920
The Garter Girl
Rosalie Ray
1920
Deadline at Eleven
Helen Stevens
1920
The Tower of Jewels
Emily Cottrell
1919
The Climbers
Blanche Sterling
1919
The Bramble Bush
Kaly Dial
1919
A Girl at Bay
Mary Allen
1919
Thin Ice
Alice Winton
1919
The Unknown Quantity
Mary Boyne
1919
The Girl Problem
Erminie Foster
1919
The Adventure Shop
Phyllis Blake
1919
Miss Ambition
Marta
1918
The Girl of Today
Leslie Selden
1918
The Clutch of Circumstance
Ruth Lawson
1918
Love Watches
Jacqueline Cartaret
1918
The Menace
Virginia Denton
1918
Who Goes There?
Karen Girard
1917
I Will Repay
Virginia Rodney
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