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Corinne Grant
actress
- Birth name:
- Corinne Henkel
- Born:
- 1884-01-11, California, USA
- Died:
- 1970-03-30, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actress
Biography
Born among the orange groves of California on 11 January 1884, Corinne Grant stepped from quiet San Joaquin Valley classrooms into the klieg-light glare of early Hollywood. Between 1917 and 1918 she slipped into three now-cult silents—The Neglected Wife, Who Is Number One?, and The Lady of the Dugout—each role sealing her place as one of the era’s under-sung leading ladies. Off-screen she shared her life with Theodore Fulton, her steady anchor amid the flicker of fame. Nearly nine decades after her first close-up, she drew her final breath in Los Angeles on 30 March 1970, leaving behind a brief but indelible strip of celluloid history.
