Corinne Griffith

Biography

​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

The Divine Lady

Infatuation

The Garden of Eden

Paradise Alley

The Girl of Today

Divorce Coupons

Syncopating Sue

All Movies (57)

• Paradise Alley1962 · as Mrs. Wilson
• Lily Christine1932 · as Lily Christine Summerset
• Back Pay1930 · as Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
• Lilies of the Field1930 · as Mildred Harker
• Prisoners1929 · as Riza Riga
• Saturday's Children1929 · as Bobby Halevy
• The Divine Lady1928 · as Lady Emma Hart Hamilton
• Outcast1928 · as Miriam
• The Garden of Eden1928 · as Toni LeBrun
• Three Hours1927 · as Madeline Durkin
• The Lady in Ermine1927 · as Mariana Beltrami
• Syncopating Sue1926 · as Susan Adams
• Into Her Kingdom1926 · as Grand Duchess Tatiana
• Mademoiselle Modiste1926 · as Fifi
• Infatuation1925 · as Violet Bancroft
• Classified1925 · as Babs Comet
• The Marriage Whirl1925 · as Marian Hale
• Déclassé1925 · as Lady Heelen Haden
• Love's Wilderness1924 · as Linda Lou Heath
• Single Wives1924 · as Betty Jordan
• Lilies of the Field1924 · as Mildred Harker
• Black Oxen1923 · as Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden
• Six Days1923 · as Laline Kingston
• The Common Law1923 · as Valerie West
• Divorce Coupons1922 · as Linda Catherton
• A Virgin's Sacrifice1922 · as Althea Sherrill
• Island Wives1922 · as Elsa Melton
• The Single Track1921 · as Janette Gildersleeve
• Moral Fibre1921 · as Marion Wolcott
• What's Your Reputation Worth?1921 · as Cara Deene
• It Isn't Being Done This Season1921 · as Marcia Ventnor
• The Broadway Bubble1920 · as Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn
• The Whisper Market1920 · as Erminie North
• Babs1920 · as Barbara Marvin
• The Garter Girl1920 · as Rosalie Ray
• Deadline at Eleven1920 · as Helen Stevens
• The Tower of Jewels1919 · as Emily Cottrell
• The Climbers1919 · as Blanche Sterling
• The Bramble Bush1919 · as Kaly Dial
• A Girl at Bay1919 · as Mary Allen
• Thin Ice1919 · as Alice Winton
• The Unknown Quantity1919 · as Mary Boyne
• The Girl Problem1919 · as Erminie Foster
• The Adventure Shop1919 · as Phyllis Blake
• Miss Ambition1918 · as Marta
• The Girl of Today1918 · as Leslie Selden
• The Clutch of Circumstance1918 · as Ruth Lawson
• Love Watches1918 · as Jacqueline Cartaret
• The Menace1918 · as Virginia Denton
• Who Goes There?1917 · as Karen Girard
• I Will Repay1917 · as Virginia Rodney
• The Love Doctor1917 · as Blanche Hildreth
• Transgression1917 · as Marion Hayward
• The Stolen Treaty1917 · as Irene Mitchell
• The Mystery of Lake Lethe1917
• Through the Wall1916 · as Pussy Wimott
• The Cost of High Living1916 · as Jack's Sister

All TV Shows (2)

• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self