Katharine Houghton
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1945-03-10 · Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Known for
- The Last Airbender (2010) — Katara's Grandma
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) — Joanna "Joey" Drayton
- Kinsey (2004) — Mrs. Spaulding
- Billy Bathgate (1991) — Charlotte
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
- Sidney (2022) — Self
- Ethan Frome (1993) — Mrs. Hale
- The Night We Never Met (1993) — Less
- Mr. North (1988) — Mrs. Skeel
- The Gardener (1974) — Ellen Bennett
- Let It Be Me (1995) — Homeless Woman
- American Playhouse (1982) — Mrs. Hale
- ABC Stage 67 (1966) — Bonnie
- The Adams Chronicles (1976) — Abigail Adams II
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002) — Self
- Judd, for the Defense (1967)