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Katharine Houghton
Acting
Born: March 10, 1945
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.
Known For

The Last Airbender
as Katara's Grandma

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

Ethan Frome
as Mrs. Hale

Kinsey
as Mrs. Spaulding

Sidney
as Self

Billy Bathgate
as Charlotte

The Night We Never Met
as Less

Mr. North
as Mrs. Skeel

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

The Gardener
as Ellen Bennett