1894-11-21 Texarkana, Texas, USA
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.
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Paradise Alley | Mrs. Wilson | 1962-01-02 |
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Lily Christine | Lily Christine Summerset | 1932-03-31 |
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Lilies of the Field | Mildred Harker | 1930-01-05 |
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Back Pay | Kitty (as Vivian Oakland) | 1930-06-01 |
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Saturday's Children | Bobby Halevy | 1929-03-10 |
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Prisoners | Riza Riga | 1929-05-18 |
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Outcast | Miriam | 1928-11-11 |
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The Garden of Eden | Toni LeBrun | 1928-02-04 |
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The Divine Lady | Lady Emma Hart Hamilton | 1928-12-26 |
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The Lady in Ermine | Mariana Beltrami | 1927-01-01 |
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Three Hours | Madeline Durkin | 1927-03-05 |
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Mademoiselle Modiste | Fifi | 1926-03-21 |
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Syncopating Sue | Susan Adams | 1926-10-31 |
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Into Her Kingdom | Grand Duchess Tatiana | 1926-08-08 |
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Déclassé | Lady Heelen Haden | 1925-04-11 |
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The Marriage Whirl | Marian Hale | 1925-07-19 |
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Infatuation | Violet Bancroft | 1925-12-27 |
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Classified | Babs Comet | 1925-10-11 |
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Single Wives | Betty Jordan | 1924-07-24 |
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Love's Wilderness | Linda Lou Heath | 1924-12-14 |
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Lilies of the Field | Mildred Harker | 1924-02-29 |
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Six Days | Laline Kingston | 1923-09-09 |
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The Common Law | Valerie West | 1923-08-30 |
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Black Oxen | Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden | 1923-12-29 |
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Island Wives | Elsa Melton | 1922-03-12 |
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Divorce Coupons | Linda Catherton | 1922-07-02 |
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A Virgin's Sacrifice | Althea Sherrill | 1922-05-21 |
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It Isn't Being Done This Season | Marcia Ventnor | 1921-01-10 |
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What's Your Reputation Worth? | Cara Deene | 1921-03-01 |
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The Single Track | Janette Gildersleeve | 1921-11-13 |
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Moral Fibre | Marion Wolcott | 1921-09-18 |
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The Garter Girl | Rosalie Ray | 1920-05-03 |
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The Whisper Market | Erminie North | 1920-09-13 |
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Babs | Barbara Marvin | 1920-07-05 |
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Deadline at Eleven | Helen Stevens | 1920-03-15 |
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The Broadway Bubble | Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn | 1920-10-01 |
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The Bramble Bush | Kaly Dial | 1919-08-04 |
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The Adventure Shop | Phyllis Blake | 1919-01-06 |
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The Tower of Jewels | Emily Cottrell | 1919-12-08 |
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A Girl at Bay | Mary Allen | 1919-06-28 |
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The Unknown Quantity | Mary Boyne | 1919-04-14 |
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Thin Ice | Alice Winton | 1919-05-26 |
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The Climbers | Blanche Sterling | 1919-11-08 |
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The Girl Problem | Erminie Foster | 1919-03-03 |
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The Menace | Virginia Denton | 1918-01-21 |
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The Clutch of Circumstance | Ruth Lawson | 1918-08-26 |
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The Girl of Today | Leslie Selden | 1918-09-23 |
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Miss Ambition | Marta | 1918-11-25 |
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Love Watches | Jacqueline Cartaret | 1918-07-15 |
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I Will Repay | Virginia Rodney | 1917-11-12 |
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Transgression | Marion Hayward | 1917-08-20 |
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The Mystery of Lake Lethe | 1917-01-15 | |
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The Stolen Treaty | Irene Mitchell | 1917-06-16 |
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The Love Doctor | Blanche Hildreth | 1917-10-08 |
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Who Goes There? | Karen Girard | 1917-11-24 |
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The Cost of High Living | Jack's Sister | 1916-05-22 |
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Through the Wall | Pussy Wimott | 1916-10-02 |
