Acting
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.
Filmography
Paradise Alley
Film · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Series · 1957
Lily Christine
Film · 1932
Back Pay
Film · 1930
Lilies of the Field
Film · 1930
Saturday's Children
Film · 1929
Prisoners
Film · 1929
The Divine Lady
Film · 1928
The Garden of Eden
Film · 1928
Outcast
Film · 1928
Three Hours
Film · 1927
The Lady in Ermine
Film · 1927
Mademoiselle Modiste
Film · 1926
Syncopating Sue
Film · 1926
Into Her Kingdom
Film · 1926
Déclassé
Film · 1925
The Marriage Whirl
Film · 1925
Classified
Film · 1925
Infatuation
Film · 1925
Lilies of the Field
Film · 1924
Love's Wilderness
Film · 1924
Single Wives
Film · 1924
Black Oxen
Film · 1923
The Common Law
Film · 1923
Six Days
Film · 1923
A Virgin's Sacrifice
Film · 1922
Divorce Coupons
Film · 1922
Island Wives
Film · 1922
Moral Fibre
Film · 1921
What's Your Reputation Worth?
Film · 1921
The Single Track
Film · 1921
It Isn't Being Done This Season
Film · 1921
The Broadway Bubble
Film · 1920
The Whisper Market
Film · 1920
The Garter Girl
Film · 1920
Babs
Film · 1920
Deadline at Eleven
Film · 1920
The Unknown Quantity
Film · 1919
The Adventure Shop
Film · 1919
The Bramble Bush
Film · 1919
The Tower of Jewels
Film · 1919
The Girl Problem
Film · 1919
Thin Ice
Film · 1919
The Climbers
Film · 1919
A Girl at Bay
Film · 1919
The Clutch of Circumstance
Film · 1918
The Girl of Today
Film · 1918
The Menace
Film · 1918
Miss Ambition
Film · 1918
Love Watches
Film · 1918
The Mystery of Lake Lethe
Film · 1917
The Stolen Treaty
Film · 1917
Transgression
Film · 1917
Who Goes There?
Film · 1917
The Love Doctor
Film · 1917
I Will Repay
Film · 1917
Through the Wall
Film · 1916
The Cost of High Living
Film · 1916
The Yellow Girl
Film · 1916