Katharine Houghton
Katharine Houghton was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States on March 10th, 1945 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 79, Katharine Houghton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Katharine Houghton (born Katharine Houghton Grant; March 10, 1945) 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, in real life, Houghton's aunt.
Early life
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 later carried by Houghton's niece, actress Schuyler Grant.
Career
Houghton has appeared in over 60 shows on Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatres all around the country. In 1969, she received the Theatre World Award for her appearance in A Scent of Flowers off Broadway.
Houghton has appeared at universities around the country, including the 2001 Fall Concert & Lectures Series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cosmopolitan Club. She appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in June 2008, presenting "Saucy Gamine, Reluctant Penitent, and Glorious Victor," a look at her aunt's film career as reflected in three of her films.
Houghton is also a playwright. She has translated others' books in addition to writing her own plays. Eleven of her plays have been produced.
In 1988's Best Short Plays, her play Buddha was included. In summer 2007, her musical Bookends debuted at the New Jersey Repertory Company, received rave accolades, and the theater produced the most record-breaking box office sales in their 11-year history. Since then, it has been a part of The York Theatre's Developmental Reading Series and is being redeveloped.
"The Wizard's Daughter" by Houghton in 1975, is a children's tale that is collected in Joan Patchen's book Two Beastly Tales. JB Grant, Houghton's elder brother, wrote the second story in the book.