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
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Lily Christine
1932
Infatuation
1925
Single Wives
1924
0The Menace
1918
Island Wives
1922
Babs
1920
Thin Ice
1919
0Miss Ambition
1918
Three Hours
1927
The Climbers
1919
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 1957
Lily Christine
as Lily Christine Summerset · 1932
Infatuation
as Violet Bancroft · 1925
Single Wives
as Betty Jordan · 1924
The Menace
as Virginia Denton · 1918
Island Wives
as Elsa Melton · 1922
Babs
as Barbara Marvin · 1920
Thin Ice
as Alice Winton · 1919
Miss Ambition
as Marta · 1918
Three Hours
as Madeline Durkin · 1927
The Climbers
as Blanche Sterling · 1919
A Girl at Bay
as Mary Allen · 1919
Moral Fibre
as Marion Wolcott · 1921
The Lady in Ermine
as Mariana Beltrami · 1927
Love's Wilderness
as Linda Lou Heath · 1924
Lilies of the Field
as Mildred Harker · 1930
Lilies of the Field
as Mildred Harker · 1924
Love Watches
as Jacqueline Cartaret · 1918
The Tower of Jewels
as Emily Cottrell · 1919
It Isn't Being Done This Season
as Marcia Ventnor · 1921
The Garden of Eden
as Toni LeBrun · 1928
A Virgin's Sacrifice
as Althea Sherrill · 1922
Divorce Coupons
as Linda Catherton · 1922
Deadline at Eleven
as Helen Stevens · 1920
The Divine Lady
as Lady Emma Hart Hamilton · 1928
The Girl of Today
as Leslie Selden · 1918
The Adventure Shop
as Phyllis Blake · 1919
Classified
as Babs Comet · 1925
I Will Repay
as Virginia Rodney · 1917
What's Your Reputation Worth?
as Cara Deene · 1921
Through the Wall
as Pussy Wimott · 1916
The Bramble Bush
as Kaly Dial · 1919
Prisoners
as Riza Riga · 1929
The Girl Problem
as Erminie Foster · 1919
The Clutch of Circumstance
as Ruth Lawson · 1918
Saturday's Children
as Bobby Halevy · 1929
The Single Track
as Janette Gildersleeve · 1921
The Garter Girl
as Rosalie Ray · 1920
The Cost of High Living
as Jack's Sister · 1916
The Stolen Treaty
as Irene Mitchell · 1917
Back Pay
as Kitty (as Vivian Oakland) · 1930
The Unknown Quantity
as Mary Boyne · 1919
The Mystery of Lake Lethe
· 1917
Déclassé
as Lady Heelen Haden · 1925
The Broadway Bubble
as Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn · 1920
Into Her Kingdom
as Grand Duchess Tatiana · 1926
The Whisper Market
as Erminie North · 1920
The Love Doctor
as Blanche Hildreth · 1917
Outcast
as Miriam · 1928
The Common Law
as Valerie West · 1923
Black Oxen
as Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden · 1923
Paradise Alley
as Mrs. Wilson · 1962
The Marriage Whirl
as Marian Hale · 1925
The Yellow Girl
as Corinne · 1916
Mademoiselle Modiste
as Fifi · 1926
Six Days
as Laline Kingston · 1923
Who Goes There?
as Karen Girard · 1917
Syncopating Sue
as Susan Adams · 1926
Transgression
as Marion Hayward · 1917