
Katharine Houghton
Known For
Acting
Born
1945-03-10 in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A
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.
Most Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

Judd for the Defense

Mr. North
as Mrs. Skeel

The Last Airbender
as Katara's Grandma

ABC Stage 67
as Bonnie

Kinsey
as Mrs. Spaulding

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

Billy Bathgate
as Charlotte

Sidney
as Self

Ethan Frome
as Mrs. Hale

The Night We Never Met
as Less

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self

Let It Be Me
as Homeless Woman

The Eyes of the Amaryllis
as Isabel

The Gardener
as Ellen Bennett

A Special Kind of Love
as Self

A Love Story of Today
as Self