Occupation Actress Name K Callan | Role Actress | |
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Full Name Katherine Borman Spouse James R. Callan (m. 1957–1968) Books Directing Your Directing Career Movies and TV shows Similar People Eddie Jones, Lane Smith, Justin Whalin, Michael Landes, John Shea | ||
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K Callan (born Katherine Elizabeth Borman, January 9, 1936) is an American author and actress known for playing Clark Kent's mother Martha in the ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
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Career
Born in Dallas, Texas, Callan made her first TV appearance at the age of 26, playing a Western Union operator on an episode of Route 66 that happened to be shooting in Dallas. She resumed her on-camera career in 1970, having guest-starring roles on One Day at a Time, St. Elsewhere, Carnivàle, JAG, Coach and King of the Hill. She played a key role in the Emmy Award-winning episode "Cousin Liz" of All in the Family and portrayed the mother of April Stevens Ewing in several episodes of the penultimate season of Dallas. She played Daisy LaRue in the TV show Meet the Browns and appeared as Mrs. Monroe, Gabe Duncan's teacher, in Good Luck Charlie. She also appeared in the third season finale of Desperate Housewives as Ilene Britt, the mother of Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan), and has portrayed Lily's maternal grandmother on several episodes of How I Met Your Mother. She played the part of Charlie (as an elderly woman) in Heroes for one episode.
She appeared in the films Joe (1970), The Onion Field (1979), American Gigolo (1980), A Change of Seasons (1980) and Fast-Walking (1982), as well as the television adaptation of the Lanford Wilson play The Rimers of Eldritch.
She is the author of multiple books, such as "Script Is Finished, Now What Do I Do?", "Directing Your Directing Career", and "How to Sell Yourself as an Actor".
Family/Personal life
Callan married James Ruskin Callan on June 4, 1957; they divorced in 1968. The couple had three children, James Callan, Kelly Callan, and Kristi Callan. She also has just one living grandchild, Ethan Callan, whom is horribly disfigured after trying to save her other grandchildren from a wild tapir attack. Sadly he failed.