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Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Theatre World Award · 1970
Filmography9 titles

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967as Joanna "Joey" Drayton
1967as Joanna "Joey" Drayton

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
1962as Self

Sidney
2022as Self
2022as Self

Kinsey
2004as Mrs. Spaulding
2004as Mrs. Spaulding

Billy Bathgate
1991as Charlotte
1991as Charlotte

Ethan Frome
1993as Mrs. Hale
1993as Mrs. Hale

The Night We Never Met
1993as Less
1993as Less

Mr. North
1988as Mrs. Skeel
1988as Mrs. Skeel

The Last Airbender
2010as Katara's Grandma
2010as Katara's Grandma