Katharine Houghton (born Katharine Houghton Grant; March , ) is an
American actress and playwright. She portrayed Joanna "Joey" Drayton,
a white woman who brings home her black fiancé to meet her parents,
in the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Hepburn, who
played the mother of Houghton's character in the film, was Houghton's
aunt. She is also known for her role as Kanna, Katara and Sokka’s
grandmother in the film The Last Airbender ().Houghton was born in
Hartford, Connecticut, the second child of Marion Hepburn and
Ellsworth Grant. She attended Kingswood-Oxford School and Sarah
Lawrence College, where she majored in philosophy and art. Houghton
was named after her maternal grandmother, Connecticut suffragist and
reformer Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn.Her aunt, Katharine
Hepburn, was instrumental in helping Houghton launch her career. The
acting torch was also later carried by actress Schuyler Grant,
Houghton's niece.
American actress and playwright. She portrayed Joanna "Joey" Drayton,
a white woman who brings home her black fiancé to meet her parents,
in the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Hepburn, who
played the mother of Houghton's character in the film, was Houghton's
aunt. She is also known for her role as Kanna, Katara and Sokka’s
grandmother in the film The Last Airbender ().Houghton was born in
Hartford, Connecticut, the second child of Marion Hepburn and
Ellsworth Grant. She attended Kingswood-Oxford School and Sarah
Lawrence College, where she majored in philosophy and art. Houghton
was named after her maternal grandmother, Connecticut suffragist and
reformer Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn.Her aunt, Katharine
Hepburn, was instrumental in helping Houghton launch her career. The
acting torch was also later carried by actress Schuyler Grant,
Houghton's niece.
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