Katharine Houghton Net Worth

Katharine Houghton is an esteemed movie actress in the entertainment industry, known for her exceptional performances and tremendous talent which have enabled her to amass an immense fortune.

According to sources, actress Barbara Stanwyck is estimated to have an estimated net worth of approximately $5 Million. Additionally, according to sources she is known to be extremely generous with her wealth – often giving away part of it to charity. Over her career she has received various accolades, including an Oscar Award for Morning Glory (1933).

On March 10, 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut she was born to Ellsworth Grant and Marion Hepburn and attended Sarah Lawrence College to study art and philosophy before going on to appear in various Broadway and off-Broadway productions as well as write and direct ten original plays.

She became known for her performance as Joanna “Joey” Drayton in the 1967 film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Katharine Hepburn played Houghton’s mother character in this role.

Houghton was an advocate of women’s rights and served as president of the Connecticut Women’s Suffrage Association. She spoke at rallies and before Congress in support of this cause. Later she turned her focus toward birth control activism – becoming friends with Margaret Sanger who founded the American Birth Control League.

Houghton published Two Beastly Tales as a children’s book in 1975. These tales, inspired by real-life witchcraft trials and featuring accounts from some famous people (Katharine Hepburn). Alongside her acting career, she has also written novels and short stories.

Katharine Houghton appears to be predominantly Christian according to available resources; her religious preferences could fall between Protestantism and Catholicism; though, exactly which denomination may remain unknown. She married actor and writer Ken Jenkins in 1970, and their niece Schuyler Grant (known for Anne of Green Gables miniseries fame) later went on to become an actress herself.