K Callan is an American actress known for playing Clark Kent

Clark Kent

Clark Kent is a fictional character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics, he debuted in Action Comics #1 and serves as the civilian and secret identity of the superhero Superman....

's mother Martha in the ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

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Born Katherine Borman in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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, Callan has had guest-starring roles on One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time

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, St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...

, Carnivàle

Carnivàle

Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes...

, JAG

JAG (TV series)

JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...

, Coach

Coach (TV series)

Coach is an American television sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997. The series starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles...

and King of the Hill

King of the Hill

King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...

. She played a key role in the Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

-winning episode "Cousin Liz

Cousin Liz

"Cousin Liz" is an episode of the American television situation comedy All in the Family. The story concerns lead character Edith Bunker's inheritance of a valuable tea service from her deceased cousin Liz and her decision, upon learning that Liz's "roommate" Veronica is really Liz's surviving...

" of All in the Family

All in the Family

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and has appeared on Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

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as Ilene Britt, the mother of Edie Britt

Edie Britt

Edie Britt Williams is a fictional character created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series Desperate Housewives...

 (Nicollette Sheridan

Nicollette Sheridan

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) in the third season finale

Getting Married Today

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.She is also playing in the TV show Meet the Browns as Daisy LaRue. She played the mother of April Stevens Ewing

April Stevens Ewing

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 in several episodes of the penultimate season of Dallas.

She appeared in the films Joe

Joe (film)

Joe is a 1970 drama film starring Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, and Susan Sarandon in her film debut. The film was directed by John G. Avildsen.-Plot:...

(1970), Fast-Walking

Fast-Walking

Fast-Walking is a 1982 dramatic film directed by James B. Harris. The film is based on Ernest Brawley's 1974 novel The Rap. It was also issued theatrically in the U.S. under the title The Joint....

(1982), and A Change of Seasons

A Change of Seasons (film)

A Change of Seasons is a 1980 American dramedy film directed by Stephen Frears. It stars Anthony Hopkins, Shirley MacLaine and Bo Derek.-Plot:...

(1980) and the television adaptation of the Lanford Wilson

Lanford Wilson

Lanford Wilson was an American playwright who helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1980, was elected in 2001 to the Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2004 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters...

 play The Rimers of Eldritch

The Rimers of Eldritch

The Rimers of Eldritch is a play by Lanford Wilson. Set in the mid-20th century in Eldritch, Missouri, a decaying Bible Belt town that once was a prosperous coal mining community, it focuses on the murder of aging hermit Skelly by a woman who mistakenly thought he was committing rape when he...

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She has written several books, including Script Is Finished, Now What Do I Do? (ISBN 1878355082), Directing your directing career (ISBN 1878355112), and How to Sell Yourself as an Actor (ISBN 1878355218).

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