Corinne Griffith
ActingAlso Known As
Corinne Griffin
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.
Movies
(57 total)
The Divine Lady
as Lady Emma Hart Hamilton
The Garden of Eden
as Toni LeBrun
Black Oxen
as Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden
Back Pay
as Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
Paradise Alley
as Mrs. Wilson
Lilies of the Field
as Mildred Harker
Déclassé
as Lady Heelen Haden
Classified
as Babs Comet
A Virgin's Sacrifice
as Althea Sherrill
The Cost of High Living
as Jack's Sister
The Adventure Shop
as Phyllis Blake
The Clutch of Circumstance
as Ruth Lawson
The Unknown Quantity
as Mary Boyne
Through the Wall
as Pussy Wimott
Three Hours
as Madeline Durkin
Lilies of the Field
as Mildred Harker
The Girl of Today
as Leslie Selden
The Stolen Treaty
as Irene Mitchell
Transgression
as Marion Hayward
Who Goes There?
as Karen Girard
