From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katharine Houghton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A |
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| Born | 1945-03-10 |
Movies
Sidney
as Self
2022
The Last Airbender
as Katara's Grandma
2010
A Love Story of Today
as Self
2008
A Special Kind of Love
as Self
2008
Kinsey
as Mrs. Spaulding
2004
The Night We Never Met
as Less
1993
Ethan Frome
as Mrs. Hale
1993
Billy Bathgate
as Charlotte
1991
Mr. North
as Mrs. Skeel
1988
The Gardener
as Ellen Bennett
1974
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Joanna "Joey" Drayton
1967
Katharine Houghton hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
