Acting · Texarkana, Texas, USA · Born November 21, 1894
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.
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieParadise Alley
1962
as Mrs. Wilson
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MovieLily Christine
1932
as Lily Christine Summerset
MovieBack Pay
1930
as Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
MovieLilies of the Field
1930
as Mildred Harker
MoviePrisoners
1929
as Riza Riga
MovieSaturday's Children
1929
as Bobby Halevy
MovieThe Divine Lady
1928
as Lady Emma Hart Hamilton
MovieOutcast
1928
as Miriam
MovieThe Garden of Eden
1928
as Toni LeBrun
MovieThree Hours
1927
as Madeline Durkin
MovieThe Lady in Ermine
1927
as Mariana Beltrami
MovieSyncopating Sue
1926
as Susan Adams
MovieInto Her Kingdom
1926
as Grand Duchess Tatiana
MovieMademoiselle Modiste
1926
as Fifi
MovieInfatuation
1925
as Violet Bancroft
MovieClassified
1925
as Babs Comet
MovieThe Marriage Whirl
1925
as Marian Hale
MovieDéclassé
1925
as Lady Heelen Haden
MovieLove's Wilderness
1924
as Linda Lou Heath
MovieSingle Wives
1924
as Betty Jordan
MovieLilies of the Field
1924
as Mildred Harker
MovieBlack Oxen
1923
as Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden
MovieSix Days
1923
as Laline Kingston
MovieThe Common Law
1923
as Valerie West
MovieDivorce Coupons
1922
as Linda Catherton
MovieA Virgin's Sacrifice
1922
as Althea Sherrill
MovieIsland Wives
1922
as Elsa Melton
MovieThe Single Track
1921
as Janette Gildersleeve
MovieMoral Fibre
1921
as Marion Wolcott
MovieWhat's Your Reputation Worth?
1921
as Cara Deene
It Isn't Being Done This Season
1921
as Marcia Ventnor
MovieThe Broadway Bubble
1920
as Adrienne Landreth / Drina Lynn
MovieThe Whisper Market
1920
as Erminie North
MovieBabs
1920
as Barbara Marvin
MovieThe Garter Girl
1920
as Rosalie Ray
MovieDeadline at Eleven
1920
as Helen Stevens
MovieThe Tower of Jewels
1919
as Emily Cottrell
MovieThe Climbers
1919
as Blanche Sterling
MovieThe Bramble Bush
1919
as Kaly Dial
MovieA Girl at Bay
1919
as Mary Allen
MovieThin Ice
1919
as Alice Winton
MovieThe Unknown Quantity
1919
as Mary Boyne
MovieThe Girl Problem
1919
as Erminie Foster
MovieThe Adventure Shop
1919
as Phyllis Blake
MovieMiss Ambition
1918
as Marta
MovieThe Girl of Today
1918
as Leslie Selden
MovieThe Clutch of Circumstance
1918
as Ruth Lawson
MovieLove Watches
1918
as Jacqueline Cartaret
MovieThe Menace
1918
as Virginia Denton
MovieWho Goes There?
1917
as Karen Girard
MovieI Will Repay
1917
as Virginia Rodney
MovieThe Love Doctor
1917
as Blanche Hildreth
MovieTransgression
1917
as Marion Hayward
MovieThe Stolen Treaty
1917
as Irene Mitchell
The Mystery of Lake Lethe
1917
MovieThrough the Wall
1916
as Pussy Wimott
MovieThe Cost of High Living
1916
as Jack's Sister
