Corinne Malvern was an American commercial artist, active as a fashion advertising artist and illustrator of children's books between the early 1930s and her death in 1956.
11 Facts About Corinne Malvern
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Corinne Malvern painted magazine covers and worked as Art Editor of Ladies' Home Journal magazine.
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Corinne Malvern is best known for her illustrations in the Little Golden Books series, including Heidi, Frosty the Snow Man, The Night Before Christmas, Doctor Dan the Bandage Man, and Nurse Nancy.
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Corinne Malvern illustrated 32 books, 17 for Little Golden Books.
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Corinne Malvern wrote and illustrated at least one children's book.
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Corinne Malvern's mother, Cora Malvern, worked as wardrobe mistress for theater companies, and Corinne and her older sister Gladys Malvern was born on July 17,1903, or 1897 and worked as child actresses in plays vaudeville, and operas.
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Corinne Malvern claimed to have been born in 1906, but the 1920 United States Census, photographs of her on stage in 1907, a 1907 New York Evening Telegram article and ships' passenger records, make it clear she was born in 1901.
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Corinne Malvern collaborated with her sister, Gladys, who was becoming established as a professional writer, and the two of them launched their careers in the field of children's books.
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Corinne Malvern moved to New York sometime between 1934 and 1936 with Cora and Gladys, and continued to collaborate professionally with Gladys.
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Corinne Malvern illustrated Nursery Songs, one of the initial offering of twelve Little Golden Books, issued in 1942.
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Corinne Malvern moved to a convalescent home in Weston, where she died on November 9,1956, after a long illness.