Trivia

An astute businesswoman after leaving her film career behind, she soon amassed a fortune in real estate holdings. At the time of her death on July 13, 1979, she was one of the wealthiest women in the world, leaving an estate of $150 million.

Authored 11 books published between 1947-73.

Corinne's claim not to have been the silent actress Corinne Griffith during her 1965 divorce trial inspired the Tom Tryon novel "Fedora", which was later filmed by Billy Wilder and released in 1979, coincidentally the year of her death.

The film version of her best-selling memoir 'Papa's Delicate Condition' misspelled her name as "Corrine Griffith" in the credits. Griffith was not fond of the film and had unsuccessfully campaigned for Fred Astaire to play her father and was disappointed with the choice of Jackie Gleason.

Her parents were John Lewis Griffin and Ambolyn (Ghio) Griffin.

Made headlines in 1965 with her request for an annulment from actor Danny Scholl, almost 30 years her junior, and her claim she was not the Corinne Griffith of the silent film era. Although former associates denied her claim of being a different woman, she was granted the annulment 33 days after the marriage.

While living in Manhattan, she stayed at the Hotel des Artistes. Mae Murray , Dorothy Dalton and George Fitzmaurice were her neighbors in the hotel.

Her father was a Methodist minister, but for much of her life she was a Christian Scientist.

One of the richest women in the world during her later decades, she owned four office buildings in California, each of them named after her (ie: Corinne Griffith Building Number One, etc.).

The December 20, 1941 edition of The Los Angeles Times featured a story about Griffith adopting two daughters: Cynthia, aged 10, and Pamela, aged 12, and included a picture of the actress with the girls. No further information can be found on the two and neither are mentioned in any of Corinne Griffith's obituaries.

Her third husband, George Preston Marshall, was founder and longtime owner of the Washington Redskins.

Starred in a touring production of Noël Coward 's "Design for Living" in the mid 1930s, her only theatrical work after retiring from movies.

At the time of her death in 1979, she was not only the richest woman in America but was also one of the most prominent forces in Republican politics in the state of California.

Widely considered to be one of the most beautiful stars of the silent screen.

She was very politically active and outspoken, going so far as to establish the organization Abolish Individual Federal Income Taxes and to author the book "Taxation With Representation or Your Tax Money Went That Away.".

Wrote the lyrics to the Washington Redskins' fight song "Hail to the Redskins".