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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1969
American Playhouse
1994
Judd, for the Defense
1968
The Adams Chronicles
1976
The Last Airbender
2010
ABC Stage 67
1966
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
Sidney
2022
Billy Bathgate
1991
Kinsey
2004
Mr. North
1988
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
19
2022
Sidney
as Self
2010
The Last Airbender
as Katara's Grandma
2008
A Love Story of Today
as Self
2008
A Special Kind of Love
as Self
2004
Kinsey
as Mrs. Spaulding
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
1995
Let It Be Me
as Homeless Woman
1994
American Playhouse
as Mrs. Hale
1993
Ethan Frome
as Mrs. Hale
1993
The Night We Never Met
as Less
1991
Billy Bathgate
as Charlotte
1988
Mr. North
as Mrs. Skeel
1982
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
as Isabel
1976
The Adams Chronicles
as Abigail Adams II
1974
The Gardener
as Ellen Bennett
1969
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1968
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Joanna "Joey" Drayton
1966
ABC Stage 67
as Bonnie