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Katharine Houghton

Katharine Houghton

Birthday: 1945-03-10 | Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A

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.​

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2010
The Last Airbender

as    Katara's Grandma

1993
Ethan Frome

as    Mrs. Hale

1987
I'll Take Manhattan

as    Pepper Delafield

1974
The Gardener

as    Ellen Bennett

1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

as    Joanna "Joey" Drayton