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Corinne Griffith

Born November 24, 1895(1895-11-24)
Texarkana, Texas
Died July 13, 1979 (aged 83)
Santa Monica, California
Years active 1916 - 1932
Spouse(s) Webster Campbell (1920-1923)
Walter Morosco (1924-1934)
George Preston Marshall (1936-1958)
Danny Scholl (1965-1965)

Corinne Griffith (1895 – 1979) was a Hollywood actress who is believed to have been born in Texarkana, Texas, on November 24, 1895. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It effectively functions as one half of a city which crosses a state line — the other Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers George Preston Marshall (1896 &ndash 1969 was the long-time owner and president of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is a two-county region anchored by Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

Always one of the more private and mysterious of stars, Griffith's actual year and even birthday are widely disputed with conflicting information throughout her career. 1894 and 1898 are often cited, as is the birthdate of November 21. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. She was one of the most popular film actresses of the 1920s and widely considered the most beautiful actress of the silent screen. Most of her films were romantic dramas or soap operas but she proved equally adept at romantic comedy when given the chance.

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Early life and career

She was educated in a convent school in New Orleans. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Griffith began her screen career at the Vitagraph Studios in 1916. American Vitagraph was a United States Movie studio, founded by J Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year She later moved to First National, where she became one of their most popular stars. First National was an association of independent theater owners in the United States that expanded from exhibiting movies to distributing them and eventually to producing them as The nickname the studios gave her in her heyday was "The Orchid Lady of the Screen". Films of special note for Corinne were "Black Oxen" (1924), "DeClassée" (1925 - in which a young extra named Clark Gable appeared), and "The Garden of Eden" (1928 - surviving). Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday The Garden of Eden is the second posthumously released Novel of Ernest Hemingway, published in 1986. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Griffith received an Academy Award nomination for her role in "The Divine Lady" (1929), in which she played Emma Hart, the English Lady Hamilton. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Divine Lady is a 1929 Silent film which tells the story of the love affair between Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton. Emma Lady Hamilton (born 1761 baptised 26 April 1765 &ndash 15 January 1815 is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and as the muse of George This film has recently been restored. Fewer than a dozen of her 66 films are known to still survive.

Griffith's last major Hollywood film, Back Pay was released in 1930. Her voice was pleasant but unmemorable and a new generation of film stars quickly overtook her in popularity. After appearing in one more motion picture, the British film Lily Christine in 1932, she considered an occasional film offer over the years and even made a screen test to play Elizabeth Taylor's mother for a 1950 film but the only time she returned to the screen was in a low-budget melodrama Paradise Alley which received scant release in 1962. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Paradise Alley is a 1978 movie about three brothers (known as the Carboni Boys) in Hell's Kitchen, New York City in the 1940s who become involved in

Personal life

Griffith was married four times. She married actor and frequent co-star Webster Campbell (1920 - 1923), producer Walter Morosco (1924-1934), and the owner of the Washington Redskins football team George Preston Marshall (1936 - 1958). Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington D George Preston Marshall (1896 &ndash 1969 was the long-time owner and president of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL In a 1955 cook book Eggs I Have Known, Griffith referred to him as "The Marshall without a plan. "

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 actresses' 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. Betty Blythe ( 1 September 1893 &ndash 7 April 1972) born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter in, was an American silent-screen Claire Windsor ( April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972) was a notable film Actress of the early silent screen era

In 1974, Adele Whitely Fletcher, editor of Photoplay, said Griffith was still claiming that she was her own younger sister. Photoplay can also refer to a type of novel popular during the silent era of Hollywood

Griffith has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that

Writer and Businesswoman

Corinne 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 movie starring Jackie Gleason. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Papa's Delicate Condition is a 1963 Comedy film starring Jackie Gleason and Glynis Johns. Herbert Walton Gleason Jr, baptized John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason ( February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an 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) and she was one of the major forces in Republican politics in California for decades. Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

During her marriage to Marshall, Corinne composed the lyrics to the Redskins "fight" song Hail to the Redskins which became one of the most famous football anthems. Hail to the Redskins is the fight song for the Washington Redskins.

At the time of her death from heart failure, on July 13, 1979, her personal estate was worth over one hundred and fifty million dollars. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)

Filmography

. . . aka Stars in the Back Yard

. . . aka Modern Madness (UK)

. . . aka The Social Exile

. . . aka A Woman's Sacrifice

. . . aka Bab's Candidate

Books by Corinne Griffith

External links

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