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Katharine Houghton

1945 - Today

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Katharine Houghton (born Katharine Houghton Grant; 10 March 1945) 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 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. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katharine Houghton is the 4,313th most popular actor (up from 4,922nd in 2019), the 6,871st most popular biography from United States (up from 7,201st in 2019) and the 1,985th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Katharine Houghton ranks 4,313 out of 13,578. Before her are Richard Kind, Van Johnson, Mädchen Amick, Shirley Henderson, Alan Ruck, and William Sanderson. After her are Josh Radnor, Jonah Hill, Matthew Goode, Jang Hyuk, Jessica Harper, and Unshō Ishizuka.

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Among people born in 1945, Katharine Houghton ranks 413. Before her are Gregory Olsen, Mikhail Voronin, Zahra Rahnavard, Wolfram Löwe, Pierre Michon, and Katri Helena. After her are Göran Claeson, Lasse Berghagen, Mohammed Hazzaz, Meira Kumar, Gloria Jones, and Jean-Marc Guillou.

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Among people born in United States, Katharine Houghton ranks 6,873 out of 20,380. Before her are Alan Ruck (1956), Willis Reed (1942), Emma Abbott (1850), Ben Sasse (1972), William Sanderson (1944), and Gil Amelio (1943). After her are John W. Foster (1836), Josh Radnor (1974), Kevin Durant (1988), Alan Wilson (1943), William Castle (1914), and Jonah Hill (1983).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Katharine Houghton ranks 1,986. Before her are Bellamy Young (1970), Richard Kind (1956), Van Johnson (1916), Mädchen Amick (1970), Alan Ruck (1956), and William Sanderson (1944). After her are Josh Radnor (1974), Jonah Hill (1983), Jessica Harper (1949), John Slattery (1962), Michael Cudlitz (1964), and Fred Gwynne (1926).

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