Joanna Drayton

E405515

Joanna Drayton is a central character in the 1967 film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," a young white woman who brings her Black fiancé home to meet her liberal but challenged parents, driving the film’s exploration of interracial marriage and social prejudice.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Joanna Drayton canonical 7

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
appearsIn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
surface form: 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
associatedWithGenre drama
social problem film
associatedWithTheme interracial marriage
liberal values tested in practice
social prejudice
characterAge young adult
characterTrait determined
idealistic
optimistic
confronts generational conflict
societal racism
creator William Rose
dialogueLanguage English
drivesPlot introduction of Black fiancé to her parents
education college-educated
ethnicity white
familyName Drayton
fiancé Dr. John Prentice
fictionalUniverse Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
surface form: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner universe
filmReleaseYear 1967
firstAppearance Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
surface form: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967 film)
gender female
givenName Joanna
hasFather Matt Drayton
hasMother Christina Drayton
loveInterest Dr. John Prentice
maritalStatus engaged
medium film
narrativeRole central character
protagonist
nationality American
occupation recent college graduate
parentOf no known children in film
portrayedBy Katharine Houghton
raceOfPartner Black
relationshipToChristinaDrayton daughter
relationshipToMattDrayton daughter
residence San Francisco
settingOfStory 1960s United States
symbolizes changing social attitudes in 1960s America

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matt Drayton child Joanna Drayton
Christina Drayton child Joanna Drayton
Christina Drayton supportsCharacter Joanna Drayton
Dr. John Prentice hasRomanticPartner Joanna Drayton
Dr. John Prentice fiancéOf Joanna Drayton
Katharine Houghton characterPortrayed Joanna Drayton