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Katharine Houghton (born March 10 1945) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Joanna "Joey" Drayton, the Caucasian ingenue, who she brings home an African-American fiancé to meet her parents, in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Katharine Houghton has had an extensive career onstage and in films. In 2004 she portrayed Mrs. Spaulding, one of the trustees of Indiana University, in the feature film Kinsey.
Early life
Houghton was born as Katharine Houghton Grant in Hartford, Connecticut. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and majored in philosophy. Houghton was named after her aunt, Katharine Hepburn; both women's names came from family matriarch Katharine Houghton, respectively, grandmother and mother. Hepburn was instrumental in helping Houghton launch her career. The acting torch has been passed along in the family to actress Schuyler Grant, Houghton's niece.
Writing
She is also a playwright and has translated the works of others for the stage, as well as writing her own plays .
In 1975, she wrote a children's story, "The Wizard's Daughter", which is collected in the book Two Beastly Tales, illustrated by Joan Patchen.
Family
On January 1 1970 she married actor Ken Jenkins; they have three sons, one of which, Daniel H. Jenkins, is also an actor.
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