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