
Acting
Born November 21, 1894 · 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.

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

Infatuation
1925

Classified
1925

The Marriage Whirl
1925

Déclassé
1925

Love's Wilderness
1924

Single Wives
1924

Lilies of the Field
1924

Black Oxen
1923

Six Days
1923

The Common Law
1923

Divorce Coupons
1922

A Virgin's Sacrifice
1922

Island Wives
1922

The Single Track
1921

Moral Fibre
1921

What's Your Reputation Worth?
1921
It Isn't Being Done This Season
1921

The Broadway Bubble
1920

The Whisper Market
1920

Babs
1920

The Garter Girl
1920

Deadline at Eleven
1920

The Tower of Jewels
1919

The Climbers
1919

The Bramble Bush
1919

A Girl at Bay
1919

Thin Ice
1919

The Unknown Quantity
1919

The Girl Problem
1919

The Adventure Shop
1919

Miss Ambition
1918

The Girl of Today
1918

The Clutch of Circumstance
1918

Love Watches
1918

The Menace
1918

Who Goes There?
1917

I Will Repay
1917

The Love Doctor
1917

Transgression
1917

The Stolen Treaty
1917
The Mystery of Lake Lethe
1917

Through the Wall
1916

The Cost of High Living
1916