Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 10, 1945 (age 81)
Place of Birth
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A
Also Known As
Katharine Houghton Grant
Katharine Houghton
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.
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Known For
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
TV
Judd for the Defense
1967
TV
ABC Stage 67
Bonnie
1966
Film
The Last Airbender
Katara's Grandma
2010
Film
Sidney
Self
2022
Film
Mr. North
Mrs. Skeel
1988
Film
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Joanna "Joey" Drayton
1967
Film
Kinsey
Mrs. Spaulding
2004
Film
Billy Bathgate
Charlotte
1991
Film
Ethan Frome
Mrs. Hale
1993
Film
The Night We Never Met
Less
1993
Film
Let It Be Me
Homeless Woman
1995
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Film
A Special Kind of Love
Self
2008
Film
A Love Story of Today
Self
2008
Film
The Gardener
Ellen Bennett
1974
Film
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
Isabel
1982
Filmography
2022FilmSidneyas Self2010FilmThe Last Airbenderas Katara's Grandma2008FilmA Special Kind of Loveas Self2008FilmA Love Story of Todayas Self2004FilmKinseyas Mrs. Spaulding2002FilmAFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Storiesas Self1995FilmLet It Be Meas Homeless Woman1993FilmThe Night We Never Metas Less1993FilmEthan Fromeas Mrs. Hale1991FilmBilly Bathgateas Charlotte1988FilmMr. Northas Mrs. Skeel1982FilmThe Eyes of the Amaryllisas Isabel1974FilmThe Gardeneras Ellen Bennett1967FilmGuess Who's Coming to Dinneras Joanna "Joey" Drayton1967TVJudd for the Defense1966TVABC Stage 67as Bonnie1962TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self