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.
57 movies · 2 shows
Paradise Alley
1962·6.6
Lily Christine
1932·10.0
Back Pay
1930·4.9
Lilies of the Field
1930·4.3
Prisoners
1929·8.0
Saturday's Children
1929·8.0
The Divine Lady
1928·5.3
Outcast
1928·10.0
The Garden of Eden
1928·5.9
Three Hours
1927·7.0
The Lady in Ermine
1927·10.0
Syncopating Sue
1926·9.0
Into Her Kingdom
1926·9.0
Mademoiselle Modiste
1926·9.0
Infatuation
1925·10.0
Classified
1925·3.7
The Marriage Whirl
1925·8.0
Déclassé
1925·4.0
Love's Wilderness
1924·10.0
Single Wives
1924·8.0
Lilies of the Field
1924·7.0
Black Oxen
1923·5.8
Six Days
1923·8.0
The Common Law
1923·7.0
Divorce Coupons
1922·8.0
A Virgin's Sacrifice
1922·6.0
Island Wives
1922·8.0
The Single Track
1921·7.0
Moral Fibre
1921·10.0
What's Your Reputation Worth?
1921·7.0
It Isn't Being Done This Season
1921·10.0
The Broadway Bubble
1920·7.0
The Whisper Market
1920·10.0
Babs
1920·8.0
The Garter Girl
1920·10.0
Deadline at Eleven
1920·8.0
The Tower of Jewels
1919·8.0
The Climbers
1919·9.0
The Bramble Bush
1919·0.0
A Girl at Bay
1919·0.0
Thin Ice
1919·7.0
The Unknown Quantity
1919·8.0
The Girl Problem
1919·9.0
The Adventure Shop
1919·2.0
Miss Ambition
1918·0.0
The Girl of Today
1918·0.0
The Clutch of Circumstance
1918·0.0
Love Watches
1918·0.0
The Menace
1918·0.0
Who Goes There?
1917·0.0
I Will Repay
1917·0.0
The Love Doctor
1917·0.0
Transgression
1917·0.0
The Stolen Treaty
1917·0.0
The Mystery of Lake Lethe
1917·0.0
Through the Wall
1916·0.0
The Cost of High Living
1916·7.5