Katharine Houghton



First NameKatharine
Last NameHoughton
Age66
Date of BirthMarch 10, 1945
BirthplaceHartford, Connecticut
Height5' 5" (165 cm)
BuildSlim
Hair ColorDyed Blonde
Star SignPisces
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
UniversitySarah Lawrence College
Occupation CategoryActress
Claim to FameGuess Who`s Coming to Dinner
  • Katharine Houghton
  • Katharine Houghton
  • Katharine Houghton
  • Katharine Houghton
  • Katharine Houghton

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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#8,213
to be the LucyWho "Star of the Day"


Filmography

Selected Katharine Houghton film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2010
The Last Airbender
Katara's Grandma

2004
Kinsey
Mrs. Spaulding

1995
Let It Be Me
Homeless Woman

1993
Ethan Frome
Mrs. Hale

1993
The Night We Never Met
Less/More Cheese Lady

1991
Billy Bathgate
Charlotte

1988
Mr. North
Mrs. Skeel

1987
I'll Take Manhattan
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1982
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
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1976
The Adams Chronicles
Nabby

1975
Garden of Death
Ellen Bennett

1974
CBS Daytime 90
Gabby

1972
ABC Afterschool Specials
Miss James

1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Joey Drayton

1967
Judd for the Defense
Suzy Thurston

1966
ABC Stage 67
Bonnie






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