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