K Callan

K Callan
Born	Katherine Elizabeth Borman Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	North Texas State University
Occupation(s)	Actress, author
Years active	1956–present
Known for	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Children	3
Website	www.kcallan.com

Katherine Elizabeth Callan (née Borman) is an American actress and writer using the variation K Callan, known for playing Clark Kent's mother Martha in the ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. She has most recently appeared as Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, in the Christian historical drama The Chosen.^[1]

Callan was born in Dallas, Texas.^{[citation needed]} When she was 5 years old, she felt that she wanted to act. She did so in school, and as a student at North Texas State University at Denton, she studied drama. She went on to teach drama at a Catholic girls' school, and she began a children's theatre.^[2]

Callan first appeared on television in an episode of Route 66 that happened to be shooting in Dallas. She resumed her on-camera career in 1970, guest-starring in 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), A Touch of Class (1973), The Onion Field (1979), American Gigolo (1980), A Change of Seasons (1980), Fast-Walking (1982), and Knives Out (2019), as well as the 1972 television adaptation of the 1966 Lanford Wilson play The Rimers of Eldritch.

She has written several books, including The Los Angeles Agent, The Script Is Finished, Now What Do I Do?, Directing Your Directing Career,^[2] and How to Sell Yourself as an Actor. She received her acting training at HB Studio^[3] in New York City.

Callan made TV commercials for products, including Anacin, Endust, Geritol, and Sanka.^[4]

Callan was married to and divorced from author James Ruskin Callan. The couple have three children, Jamie Callan, Kelly Callan, and Kristi Callan.

• Callan, K. (1987). The New York Agent Book. ISBN 978-0-961733-61-2.
• The Los Angeles Agent Book. Sweden Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-961733-68-1.
• How to Sell Yourself As an Actor: From New York to Los Angeles and Everywhere in Between. Sweden Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-961733-67-4.
• Script Is Finished, Now What Do I Do?. Sweden Press. 1993. ISBN 978-1-878355-00-3.
• Callan, K. (1993). The Life of the Party. ISBN 1-878355-23-6.
• Callan, K. (1994). Directing your directing career. ISBN 978-1-878355-11-9.
• The Life of the Party 2. 1997. ISBN 978-1-878355-06-5.

• Official website
• K Callan at IMDb 
• K Callan at the Internet Broadway Database