K Callan (born January 9, 1942) is an American actress known for playing Clark Kent's mother Martha in the ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.Born Katherine Borman in Dallas, Texas, Callan made her first TV appearance at the age of 20, playing a Western Union operator on an episode of Route 66 that happened to be shooting in Dallas. She did not resume her on-camera career until 1970, but worked steadily thereafter, 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 Gabe Duncan's teacher, Mrs. Monroe, 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), Fast-Walking (1982), and A Change of Seasons (1980) and the television adaptation of the Lanford Wilson play The Rimers of Eldritch.She has written several books, including Script Is Finished, Now What Do I Do?, Directing your directing career, and How to Sell Yourself as an Actor.
I consider acting to be a great adventure. First of all, the most adventurous part, will you be able to pay your bills and next and the best part is that it is so varied, even if you have the stomach for it, it is fun always wondering who I will work with this time, where, and what will the character be like.
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She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
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She guest-starred on the Emmy-winning All in the Family (1971) episode playing Edith's deceased Cousin Liz's lover Veronica. CBS originally did not want to air this (at the time) shocking episode but Norman Lear prevailed.
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