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name: "Katharine Houghton"
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born: "10 March 1945"
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# Katharine Houghton

Actor. Born 10 March 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 March 1945, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- **Also known as:** Katharine Houghton Grant

## Biography

Katharine Houghton (born Katharine Houghton Grant) is an American actress and playwright. She was born on 10 March 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut, and studied at Sarah Lawrence College.

She made her film debut as Joanna 'Joey' Drayton in *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Katharine Hepburn, who played her mother in the film, was Houghton's aunt. She has appeared in later films including *Billy Bathgate* (1991), *Kinsey* (2004) and *The Last Airbender* (2010), in which she played Kanna, Katara's grandmother. Houghton has also worked extensively in theatre and is a playwright. She has been married to actor Ken Jenkins since 1970.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Last Airbender* (2010), Fi1m 24, as Katara's Grandma — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md)

## Also known for

- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Joanna "Joey" Drayton
- *Kinsey* (2004), Mrs. Spaulding
- *Billy Bathgate* (1991), Charlotte
- *Sidney* (2022), Self

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