Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1894-11-21
Day of Death
1979-07-13
Place of Birth
Texarkana, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography (57)
Paradise Alley
1962
Lily Christine
1932
Back Pay
1930
Lilies of the Field
1930
Prisoners
1929
Saturday's Children
1929
The Divine Lady
1928
Outcast
1928
The Garden of Eden
1928
Three Hours
1927
The Lady in Ermine
1927
Syncopating Sue
1926
Into Her Kingdom
1926
Mademoiselle Modiste
1926
