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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.
Filmography
Sidney2022 · Self
The Last Airbender2010 · Katara's Grandma
A Special Kind of Love2008 · Self
A Love Story of Today2008 · Self
Kinsey2004 · Mrs. Spaulding
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories2002 · Self
Let It Be Me1995 · Homeless Woman
The Night We Never Met1993 · Less
Ethan Frome1993 · Mrs. Hale
Billy Bathgate1991 · Charlotte
Mr. North1988 · Mrs. Skeel
The Eyes of the Amaryllis1982 · Isabel
The Gardener1974 · Ellen Bennett
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967 · Joanna "Joey" Drayton