Corinne Griffith (née Griffin; November 21, 1894 – July 13, 1979) was an American film actress, producer, author and businesswoman.

In addition to her beauty, Griffith achieved critical recognition for her performance in Frank Lloyd's The Divine Lady (1929), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

After 1932, Griffith retired from acting and became a successful author and businesswoman, writing numerous fiction and non-fiction books, as well as venturing into real estate, in which she had begun investing in the 1920s.

A biographical film about Griffith was released in 1963 titled Papa's Delicate Condition, based on her 1952 memoir and focusing on the relationship between her and her father.

After suffering a stroke in July 1979, Griffith was hospitalized in Santa Monica, California, where she died shortly after of a heart attack.

[23] At some point after her father's death, Griffith left Texas and relocated with her mother and sister, Augusta, to Southern California.

[25][26] According to another account, Griffith met Sturgeon at a high-society event in Crescent City, California, and he offered her a film contract on the spot.

[29] Griffith's performance in one of her later films for Vitagraph, The Broadway Bubble (1920), was described by a critic of the Austin American-Statesman as the "strongest and most fascinating role in her notable career" and lauded it as her "crowning achievement.

[31] The same year, Griffith left Vitagraph Studios, signing a more lucrative contract of $10,000 a week with First National,[24] where she became one of their most popular stars.

Griffith's voice, which was regarded as nasal,[24] did not record well (The New York Times stated that she "talked through her nose"),[1] and the film was a box office flop.

[39] The following year, she starred in the drama Back Pay (1930), based on a story by Fannie Hurst, which was promoted as her final screen appearance.

[37] After a two-year hiatus, Griffith starred in the British film Lily Christine (1932)[40] and then left the public eye completely.

[41] In the early years of her marriage to Marshall, she wrote the lyrics to the truly racist original fight song, "Hail to the Redskins".

Women wise enough to earn their own money will get a broader understanding of life, a new respect from their husbands and a bank account which they can use without resorting to the old tricks that sicken every wife at heart."

In addition to her real estate ventures, beginning in the 1950s, Griffith became a vocal supporter of repealing the 16th Amendment, which authorized income tax.

Women wise enough to earn their own money will get a broader understanding of life, a new respect from their husbands and a bank account which they can use without resorting to the old tricks that sicken every wife at heart.

[46] Griffith returned to the screen in 1962 in the low-budget melodrama Paradise Alley, which received scant release and marked her final film role.

Also in 1962, she published two books: Hollywood Stories, a selection of short fiction,[25] and Taxation Without Representation—or, Your Money Went That-a-Way, which argued against the income tax.

[45] The following year, her memoir Papa's Delicate Condition was made into a biographical feature film of the same name starring Jackie Gleason.

[29] Upon being questioned about her age, Griffith refused to comment, stating that her religion, Christian Science, prevented her from publicly disclosing it.

[29] Actresses Betty Blythe and Claire Windsor, who had both known Griffith since the 1920s, contradicted her testimony, but did not shake her story, and she continued to claim that she was in fact Corinne's sister.

Mr. Adolph Zukor, head of Paramount, called me in person and told me I must save the day; a cancellation of the picture would be a disaster for the studio.

[25] In addition to her appearance, Griffith took efforts to maintain a decorous and healthful image, claiming never to have smoked or drunk alcohol.

[56] Griffith's remains were cremated by the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles and buried at sea in the Pacific Ocean.