Person

Katharine Houghton

Acting · Born 1945-03-10 · Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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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  The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  Self

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  American Playhouse

  Mrs. Hale

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  The Last Airbender

  Katara's Grandma

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  Judd, for the Defense

  1967

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  ABC Stage 67

  Bonnie

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  Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

  Joanna "Joey" Drayton

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  The Adams Chronicles

  Abigail Adams II

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  Mr. North

  Mrs. Skeel

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  Kinsey

  Mrs. Spaulding

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  Billy Bathgate

  Charlotte

• 2022SidneySelf
• 2010The Last AirbenderKatara's Grandma
• 2008A Love Story of TodaySelf
• 2008A Special Kind of LoveSelf
• 2004KinseyMrs. Spaulding
• 2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love StoriesSelf
• 1995Let It Be MeHomeless Woman
• 1993The Night We Never MetLess
• 1993Ethan FromeMrs. Hale
• 1991Billy BathgateCharlotte
• 1988Mr. NorthMrs. Skeel
• 1982The Eyes of the AmaryllisIsabel
• 1982American PlayhouseMrs. Hale
• 1976The Adams ChroniclesAbigail Adams II
• 1974The GardenerEllen Bennett
• 1967Guess Who's Coming to DinnerJoanna "Joey" Drayton
• 1967Judd, for the Defense
• 1966ABC Stage 67Bonnie
• 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf