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Katharine Houghton is an American actress and playwright. She portrayed Joanna "Joey" Drayton, a white American woman who brings home her black 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 Houghton's aunt.
Birth Name
Katharine Houghton Hepburn Grant
Born
Saturday, 10 March 1945
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Call Me Kate | Self | 2023 |
| Sidney | Self | 2022 |
| Mr. Mercedes | Elizabeth Wharton | 2017 |
| The Loving Story | Joey Drayton | 2011 |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Joey Drayton | 2010 |
| The Last Airbender | Katara's Grandma | 2010 |
| Kinsey | Mrs. Spaulding | 2004 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | Self | 2002 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Let It Be Me | Homeless Woman | 1995 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Call Me Kate | Self | 2023 |
| Sidney | Self | 2022 |
| Mr. Mercedes | Elizabeth Wharton | 2017 |
| The Loving Story | Joey Drayton | 2011 |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Joey Drayton | 2010 |
| The Last Airbender | Katara's Grandma | 2010 |
| Kinsey | Mrs. Spaulding | 2004 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | Self | 2002 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Let It Be Me | Homeless Woman | 1995 |
| The Night We Never Met | More Cheese Lady / Less | 1993 |
| Ethan Frome | Mrs. Hale | 1993 |
| Billy Bathgate | Charlotte - Drew's Racetrack Friend / Charlotte | 1991 |
| Mr. North | Mrs. Skeel | 1988 |
| I'll Take Manhattan | Pepper Delafield | 1987 |
| The Eyes of the Amaryllis | Isabel | 1982 |
| The Adams Chronicles | Nabby / Abigail Adams II | 1976 |
| Garden of Death | Ellen Bennett | 1974 |
| CBS Daytime 90 | Gabby | 1974 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Miss James | 1972 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed | Self / Joanna Drayton | 1968 |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Joey Drayton / Joanna "Joey" Drayton | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Suzy Thurston | 1967 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Bonnie | 1966 |
| Hawk | Ophelia | 1966 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1968 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Nominated |
