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Cause of death
  
Heart failure

Name
  
Corinne Griffith

Years active
  
1916–32


Education
  
Sacred Heart Convent

Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Film actress

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Full Name
  
Corinne Mae Griffin

Born
  
November 21, 1894 (
1894-11-21
)
Texarkana, Texas, U.S.

Occupation
  
Actress, producer, author

Died
  
July 13, 1979, Santa Monica, California, United States

Spouse
  
Danny Scholl (m. 1965–1965)

Books
  
Hollywood Stories, This You Won't Believe

Parents
  
Ambolina Ghio, John Lewis Griffin

Movies
  
The Divine Lady, The Garden of Eden, Black Oxen, Single Wives, Lilies of the Field

Similar People
  
Frank Lloyd, George Preston Marshall, Lewis Milestone, William A Seiter, John Francis Dillon

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Corinne Mae Griffith (November 21, 1894 – July 13, 1979) was an American film actress, producer and author. Dubbed The Orchid Lady of the Screen, she was one of the most popular film actresses of the 1920s and widely considered the most beautiful actress of the silent screen. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Divine Lady.

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Shortly after the advent of sound film, Griffith retired from acting and became a successful author and businesswoman. A biographical film about her life was released in 1963 titled Papa's Delicate Condition, based on her memoir and focusing on the relationship between her and her father.

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Early life and career

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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.

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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.

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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 Hollywood picture, Back Pay in 1930, and a 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.

Later career

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Griffith was one of the few film stars to move successfully into new careers once her stardom had ended. She was an accomplished writer who published eleven books including two best sellers, My Life with the Redskins and the memoir Papa's Delicate Condition, which was made into a 1963 film starring Jackie Gleason about the Ghio and Griffin family. Her actual family names were used in the film.

Her ventures into real estate were particularly successful (at one point she owned four different major office buildings in Los Angeles, each of them named after her).

Personal life

Griffith was a member of the Christian Science religion.

While married to Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, she introduced NFL Commissioner Bert Bell to his future wife. She also introduced Curly Lambeau to his second and third wives. All were old friends from her film career.

She was a California Republican Committee Woman and an early advocate for the career of Richard Nixon. She was also an old friend of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

She was the long time consort to Curly Lambeau, who recommended various methods for operating a pro football team. Lambeau recommended Sammy Baugh as quarterback and the T formation. She later arranged for her husband to hire Lambeau as coach.

Marriages

Griffith was married four times and produced no children but adopted two girls, Pamela and Cynthia. She married actor and frequent co-star Webster Campbell from 1920 to 1923, producer Walter Morosco from 1924 to 1934, and George Preston Marshall from 1936 to 1958. During her marriage to Marshall, she composed the lyrics to the Redskins fight song "Hail to the Redskins" which became one of the most famous football anthems.

In 1966, within a few days, she married and divorced her fourth husband, Broadway actor Danny Scholl (Call Me Mister). Scholl was 45, more than 25 years Griffith's junior. In court she testified that she was not Corinne Griffith. She claimed that she was the actress's younger (by twenty years) sister who had taken her place upon the famous sister's death. Contradicting testimony by actresses Betty Blythe and Claire Windsor, who had both known her since the 1920s, did not shake her story. In 1974, Adele Whitely Fletcher, editor of Photoplay, said Griffith was still claiming that she was her own younger sister.

Death

On July 13, 1979, Griffith died of heart failure in Santa Monica, California, aged 84.

Legacy

For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Griffith has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street.

Tom Tryon wrote a novella, Fedora, based on Griffith's claim that she had taken the place of the real actress.

Books by Corinne Griffith

  • 1947 My Life with the Redskins – history of the Washington Redskins football team, owned by her husband, George Marshall
  • 1952 Papa's Delicate Condition – memoir of her childhood
  • 1955 Eggs I Have Known – collection of recipes
  • 1961 Antiques I Have Known – book about her interest in antiques
  • 1962 Taxation Without Representation – Griffith's argument against taxes.
  • 1963 I Can't Boil Water – collection of recipes she obtained from famous restaurants
  • 1963 Hollywood Stories – collection of short fiction written by Griffith
  • 1964 Truth is Stranger – collection of true stories and anecdotes told by Griffith that struck her as stranger than any fiction
  • 1969 Not For Men Only – But Almost – a book on sports and its lack of appeal for most women
  • 1972 This You Won't Believe – another collection similar to "Truth is Stranger"
  • 1974 I'm Lucky at Cards – a book of various essays by Griffith
  • Corinne Griffith photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston
  • Filmography

    Actress
    1962
    Paradise Alley as
    Mrs. Wilson
    1932
    Lily Christine as
    Lily Christine Summerset
    1930
    Back Pay as
    Hester Bevins
    1929
    Lilies of the Field as
    Mildred Harker
    1929
    Prisoners as
    Riza Riga
    1929
    Saturday's Children as
    Bobby Halevy
    1928
    The Divine Lady as
    Emma Hart
    1928
    Outcast as
    Miriam
    1928
    The Garden of Eden as
    Toni Lebrun
    1927
    Three Hours as
    Madeline Durkin
    1927
    The Lady in Ermine as
    Mariana Beltrami
    1926
    Syncopating Sue as
    Susan Adams
    1926
    Into Her Kingdom as
    Grand Duchess Tatiana at 12 and 20
    1926
    Mademoiselle Modiste as
    Fifi
    1925
    Infatuation as
    Violet Bancroft
    1925
    Classified as
    Babs Comet
    1925
    The Marriage Whirl as
    Marian Hale
    1925
    Déclassé as
    Lady Helen Haden
    1924
    Love's Wilderness as
    Linda Lou Heath
    1924
    Single Wives as
    Betty Jordan
    1924
    Lilies of the Field as
    Mildred Harker
    1923
    Black Oxen as
    Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden
    1923
    Six Days as
    Laline Kingston
    1923
    The Common Law as
    Valerie West
    1922
    Divorce Coupons as
    Linda Catherton
    1922
    A Virgin's Sacrifice as
    Althea Sherrill
    1922
    Island Wives as
    Elsa Melton
    1922
    Received Payment as
    Celia Hughes
    1921
    The Single Track as
    Janette Gildersleeve
    1921
    Moral Fibre as
    Marion Wolcott
    1921
    What's Your Reputation Worth? as
    Cara Deene
    1921
    It Isn't Being Done This Season as
    Marcia Ventnor
    1920
    The Broadway Bubble as
    Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn
    1920
    The Whisper Market as
    Erminie North
    1920
    Babs as
    Barbara Marvin
    1920
    The Garter Girl as
    Rosalie Ray
    1920
    Deadline at Eleven as
    Helen Stevens
    1920
    Human Collateral as
    Patricia Langdon
    1919
    The Tower of Jewels as
    Emily Cottrell
    1919
    The Climbers as
    Blanche Sterling
    1919
    The Bramble Bush as
    Kaly Dial
    1919
    A Girl at Bay as
    Mary Allen
    1919
    Thin Ice as
    Alice Winton
    1919
    The Unknown Quantity as
    Mary Boyne
    1919
    The Girl Problem as
    Erminie Foster
    1919
    The Adventure Shop as
    Phyllis Blake
    1918
    Miss Ambition as
    Marta
    1918
    A Wise Purchase (Short) as
    Helen Loring
    1918
    The Girl of Today as
    Leslie Selden
    1918
    The Clutch of Circumstance as
    Ruth Lawson
    1918
    Love Watches as
    Jacqueline Cartaret
    1918
    The Menace as
    Virginia Denton
    1917
    Who Goes There? as
    Karen Girard
    1917
    I Will Repay as
    Virginia Rodney
    1917
    The Love Doctor as
    Blanche Hildreth
    1917
    Transgression as
    Marion Hayward
    1917
    The Stolen Treaty as
    Irene Mitchell
    1917
    The Mystery of Lake Lethe (Short)
    1916
    His Wife's Allowance (Short)
    1916
    The Last Man as
    Lorna Harvey
    1916
    Through the Wall as
    Pussy Wimott
    1916
    A Fool and His Friend (Short)
    1916
    The Yellow Girl (Short) as
    Corinne
    1916
    The Waters of Lethe (Short) as
    Joyce Denton
    1916
    Ashes (Short) as
    The Nurse
    1916
    The Rich Idler (Short) as
    Marion - Mary's Friend
    1916
    The Cost of High Living (Short) as
    Jack's Sister
    1916
    Miss Adventure (Short) as
    Gloria
    1916
    Sin's Penalty (Short) as
    Lola Wilson
    1916
    When Hubby Forgot (Short) as
    The Maid
    1916
    Bitter Sweet (Short) as
    Ruth Slater - John's Wife
    1916
    La paloma (Short) as
    Stella
    Producer
    1927
    Three Hours (executive producer)
    1927
    The Lady in Ermine (executive producer)
    1926
    Syncopating Sue (executive producer)
    1926
    Into Her Kingdom (executive producer)
    1926
    Mademoiselle Modiste (executive producer)
    1925
    Infatuation (executive producer)
    1925
    Classified (producer)
    1925
    The Marriage Whirl (executive producer)
    1925
    Déclassé (executive producer)
    1924
    Love's Wilderness (executive producer)
    1924
    Single Wives (executive producer)
    1920
    Babs (producer)
    Writer
    1963
    Papa's Delicate Condition (book)
    Soundtrack
    2010
    Madden NFL 11 (Video Game) (performer: "Hail to the Redskins") / (writer: "Hail to the Redskins")
    1930
    Back Pay (performer: "They Didn't Believe Me" (1914) - uncredited)
    1928
    The Divine Lady (performer: "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" (1616), "Loch Lomand")
    Self
    1962
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Red Buttons, Katyn Ranieri, Richard E. MacCormack, Robert Merrill, Corinne Griffith (1962) - Self
    1962
    The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #5.115 (1962) - Self
    1956
    Inside Beverly Hills (TV Special) as
    Self
    1955
    Home (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Corinne Griffith (1955) - Self
    1955
    The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #9.6 (1955) - Self
    1953
    This Is Your Life (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Eddie LeBaron (1953) - Self
    1927
    Life in Hollywood No. 4 (Documentary short) as
    Self
    Archive Footage
    1945
    Gaslight Follies (Documentary) as
    Self
    1933
    March of the Movies as
    Self - film clip (uncredited)

    References

    Corinne Griffith Wikipedia


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