who starred in guess who's coming to dinner
Sidney Poitier Beah Richards Katharine Houghton Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Roy E. Glenn
title: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner text: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and features Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton. The film was one of the few films of the time to depict an interracial marriage in a positive light, as interracial marriage historically had been illegal in most states of the United States, and still was illegal in 17 states—mostly Southern states—until 12 June 1967, six months before the film was released, roughly two weeks after Tracy title: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner text: filmed his final scene (and two days after his death), when anti-miscegenation laws were struck down by the Supreme Court in "Loving v. Virginia". The film's Oscar-nominated score was composed by Frank De Vol. The film is notable for being the ninth and final on-screen pairing of Tracy and Hepburn, with filming ending just 17 days before Tracy's death. Hepburn never saw the completed film, saying the memories of Tracy were too painful. The film was released in December 1967, six months after his death. In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry title: Alexandra Hay text: Alexandra Hay Alexandra Lynn Hay (July 24, 1947 – October 11, 1993) was an American actress of the 1960s and 1970s. She was a native of Los Angeles, and graduated from Arroyo High School in El Monte. Hay's first credited role was in an episode of "The Monkees", "Monkee Mother" (episode 27, original airdate March 20, 1967). Her career continued with small roles in the 1967 movies "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "The Ambushers". In the former, she portrayed a carhop who takes an ice cream order from Spencer Tracy’s character. In 1968, she co-starred in the romantic comedy title: Katharine Houghton text: Katharine Houghton 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. 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 title: D'Urville Martin text: the South meeting real African Americans and gaining first-hand exposure to the plights of blacks facing racism. Martin played a speaking line extra. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn, was a groundbreaking film for its positive representation of the controversial subject of interracial marriage, which had been illegal in most of the United States. The film tells the story of Joanna Drayton, a white woman who falls in love with Dr. John Prentice, played by Poitier. Martin plays “Frankie,” whose car is accidentally struck by Matt Drayton, played by Tracy, prompting a