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 ⓘ
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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Referenced by (4)

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

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 ⓘ