Christina Drayton

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Christina Drayton is a central character in the 1967 film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," portrayed as a liberal, upper-class white woman whose beliefs about race are tested when her daughter becomes engaged to a Black man.

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Christina Drayton canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
appearsIn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
associatedWithTheme interracial marriage
liberalism
racism
social change
child Joanna Drayton
confrontsIssue daughter's engagement to a Black man
countryOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
creator William Rose
ethnicity white American
familyRole mother
wife
fictionalUniverse Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
filmGenreContext drama
romantic comedy-drama
gender female
hasGivenName Christina
hasLastName Drayton
interactsWith Dr. John Prentice
Monsignor Ryan
Tillie
languageOfWork English
medium feature film
narrativeRole central character
nationality American
occupation art gallery owner
partOf 1960s American cinema
politicalView liberal
portrayedAs emotionally supportive mother
progressive
sympathetic
portrayedBy Katharine Hepburn
portrayedIn 1967 American film
residence San Francisco
settingOfActions Drayton family home
socialClass upper class
spouse Matt Drayton
supportsCharacter Joanna Drayton
testsBeliefAbout race
timePeriodOfStory 1960s
yearOfFirstAppearance 1967

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner hasCharacter Christina Drayton
Matt Drayton spouse Christina Drayton
Dr. John Prentice relativeTo Christina Drayton
Joanna Drayton hasMother Christina Drayton