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Katharine Houghton

Katharine Houghton

Born: 1945-03-10 • Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A

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Katharine Houghton (born Katharine Houghton Grant; March 10, 1945) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Joanna "Joey" Drayton, a Caucasian woman who brings home an African-American fiancé to meet her parents, in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Hepburn, who played the mother of Houghton's character in the film, was in real life Houghton's aunt.

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Filmography
Sidney poster
Sidney
2022 • Self
The Last Airbender poster
The Last Airbender
2010 • Katara's Grandma
A Special Kind of Love poster
A Special Kind of Love
2008 • Self
A Love Story of Today poster
A Love Story of Today
2008 • Self
Kinsey poster
Kinsey
2004 • Mrs. Spaulding
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories poster
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002 • Self
Let It Be Me poster
Let It Be Me
1995 • Homeless Woman
The Night We Never Met poster
The Night We Never Met
1993 • Less
Ethan Frome poster
Ethan Frome
1993 • Mrs. Hale
Billy Bathgate poster
Billy Bathgate
1991 • Charlotte
Mr. North poster
Mr. North
1988 • Mrs. Skeel
The Eyes of the Amaryllis poster
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
1982 • Isabel
The Gardener poster
The Gardener
1974 • Ellen Bennett
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner poster
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 • Joanna "Joey" Drayton