Corinne Griffith

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: Acting

Born: Texarkana, Texas, USA, 1894-11-21

Died: 1979-07-13

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1916	The Cost of High Living	Jack's Sister	50
2	1916	Through the Wall	Pussy Wimott	0
3	1917	The Mystery of Lake Lethe		0
4	1917	The Stolen Treaty	Irene Mitchell	0
5	1917	Transgression	Marion Hayward	0
6	1917	The Love Doctor	Blanche Hildreth	0
7	1917	Who Goes There?	Karen Girard	0
8	1918	The Clutch of Circumstance	Ruth Lawson	0
9	1918	The Girl of Today	Leslie Selden	0
10	1919	The Adventure Shop	Phyllis Blake	20
11	1919	The Unknown Quantity	Mary Boyne	0
12	1920	The Broadway Bubble	Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn	0
13	1921	What's Your Reputation Worth?	Cara Deene	0
14	1921	Moral Fibre	Marion Wolcott	0
15	1922	A Virgin's Sacrifice	Althea Sherrill	0
16	1922	Divorce Coupons	Linda Catherton	0
17	1923	The Common Law	Valerie West	0
18	1923	Six Days	Laline Kingston	0
19	1923	Black Oxen	Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden	52
20	1924	Lilies of the Field	Mildred Harker	0
21	1925	Déclassé	Lady Heelen Haden	35
22	1925	The Marriage Whirl	Marian Hale	0
23	1925	Classified	Babs Comet	10
24	1925	Infatuation	Violet Bancroft	0
25	1926	Mademoiselle Modiste	Fifi	0
26	1926	Into Her Kingdom	Grand Duchess Tatiana	0
27	1926	Syncopating Sue	Susan Adams	0
28	1927	The Lady in Ermine	Mariana Beltrami	0
29	1927	Three Hours	Madeline Durkin	0
30	1928	The Garden of Eden	Toni LeBrun	56
31	1928	Outcast	Miriam	0
32	1928	The Divine Lady	Lady Emma Hart Hamilton	53
33	1929	Saturday's Children	Bobby Halevy	0
34	1929	Prisoners	Riza Riga	0
35	1930	Lilies of the Field	Mildred Harker	35
36	1930	Back Pay	Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)	40
37	1932	Lily Christine	Lily Christine Summerset	0
38	1962	Paradise Alley	Mrs. Wilson	60

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Role

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1916