Acting
Katharine Houghton
EN, IT cinema · 14 credits
Born
10 March 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Also known as Katharine Houghton Grant
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
Filmography
Sidney
as Self
The Last Airbender
as Katara's Grandma
Kinsey
as Mrs. Spaulding
Let It Be Me
as Homeless Woman
Ethan Frome
as Mrs. Hale
Billy Bathgate
as Charlotte
Mr. North
as Mrs. Skeel
The Gardener
as Ellen Bennett
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Joanna "Joey" Drayton