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K Callan 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.
Birth Name
Katherine Elizabeth Borman
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pie in the Sky | Mama | 2023 |
| Poker Face | Betty | 2023 |
| Knives Out | Greatnana Wanetta | 2019 |
| Code Black | Ruth | 2015 |
| Getting On | Susan Dayward | 2013 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Carol | 2013 |
| Emily Owens M.D. | Lorraine Parks | 2012 |
| Veep | Judy Sherman | 2012 |
| Not That Funny | Toogey Richmonde | 2012 |
| Samuel Bleak | Elaine | 2011 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pie in the Sky | Mama | 2023 |
| Poker Face | Betty | 2023 |
| Knives Out | Greatnana Wanetta | 2019 |
| Code Black | Ruth | 2015 |
| Getting On | Susan Dayward | 2013 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Carol | 2013 |
| Emily Owens M.D. | Lorraine Parks | 2012 |
| Veep | Judy Sherman | 2012 |
| Not That Funny | Toogey Richmonde | 2012 |
| Samuel Bleak | Elaine | 2011 |
| Good Luck Charlie | Mrs. Monroe | 2010 |
| Why Did I Get Married Too? | Ms. Tannenbaum | 2010 |
| Justified | Loretta's Grandaunt | 2010 |
| Mental | Alexis Vilcek | 2009 |
| Castle | Mrs. Delores Marsh | 2009 |
| Coyote County Loser | Maggie Hopps | 2009 |
| Meet the Browns | Miss Daisy / Daisy LaRue / Daisy | 2009 |
| The Mentalist | Annabelle Draber | 2008 |
| Drive | Ceal Cousins | 2007 |
| 'Til Death | Mrs. Bauer | 2006 |
| Heroes | Charlie Andrews | 2006 |
| My First Time | Self | 2006 |
| Heist | Helen | 2006 |
| Four Kings | Mrs. Grayson | 2006 |
| Midnight Clear | Eva | 2006 |
| Midnight Clear | Eva | 2005 |
| Crazylove | Mrs. Hallstrom | 2005 |
| How I Met Your Mother | Grandma Lois | 2005 |
| Nine Lives | Marisa | 2005 |
| The Closer | Julia Rose | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Janis | 2005 |
| Desperate Housewives | Eileen Britt | 2004 |
| Cold Case | Helen Russell - 2006 | 2003 |
| Carnivàle | Eleanor McGill | 2003 |
| NCIS | Grace Mullen / Bertha Jones-Delacroix | 2003 |
| Nip/Tuck | Ellie Harkness | 2003 |
| Dragnet | Lee's Adoptive Mother | 2003 |
| Body & Soul | Cora Kilabrough | 2002 |
| Without a Trace | Luanne Countryman | 2002 |
| Devious Beings | Lady Jane | 2002 |
| Crossing Jordan | Penelope Zimmerman | 2001 |
| Kate Brasher | Mrs. Warmus / Mute Woman | 2001 |
| The Division | Halle McAdams / Mary Johnson | 2001 |
| The Fugitive | Evelyn Butler | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Martha Abernathy | 2000 |
| Family Law | Myra Hollenbeck | 1999 |
| A Fare to Remember | Ginny | 1999 |
| Mr. Murder | Alice Stillwater | 1998 |
| Dawson's Creek | Miss Constance Freckling | 1998 |
| Total Security | 1997 | |
| King of the Hill | Tilly Hill | 1997 |
| 7th Heaven | Grandma James | 1996 |
| Saved by the Light | Marion (Dannion's mother) / Dannion's Mother | 1995 |
| JAG | Esther Gale | 1995 |
| ER | Kelly Robinson | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | Emily Beck | 1994 |
| Birdland | Laurel | 1994 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Jake's Landlady | 1993 |
| NYPD Blue | Mrs. Hastings | 1993 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Martha Kent | 1993 |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Alsia | 1993 |
| Frankie and Johnny | Frankie's Mother | 1991 |
| FBI: The Untold Stories | Jorene | 1991 |
| Nurses | Lila | 1991 |
| The Unborn | Martha Wellington | 1991 |
| Flight of Black Angel | Mrs. Gordon | 1991 |
| Incident at Dark River | Constance Black | 1989 |
| Quantum Leap | Lenore Mackenzie | 1989 |
| Live-In | Roslyn | 1989 |
| Coach | Marion / Marion Williamson | 1989 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Jean | 1987 |
| Mr. President | Janet Braden | 1987 |
| Duet | Rose Kelly | 1987 |
| Rags to Riches | Louis McMillan | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Florence Hackett | 1986 |
| You Again? | Kathryn | 1986 |
| Moonlighting | Carolyn Kandinsky | 1985 |
| Hollywood Wives | Catherine | 1985 |
| Sara | Claire McKenna | 1985 |
| Highway to Heaven | Mrs. Lowell | 1984 |
| Hunter | Linda Ryan / Mrs. Jorgensen | 1984 |
| E/R | Gail Parker | 1984 |
| Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac | Barbara Hamilton | 1984 |
| Night Court | Mrs. Jane Fletzker | 1984 |
| Cutter to Houston | Connie Buford | 1983 |
| AfterMASH | Mrs. Bergstrom | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Patty Galecki | 1982 |
| Newhart | Janet Ebersol | 1982 |
| Remington Steele | Martha Ryan | 1982 |
| Fast-Walking | Motel Manager | 1982 |
| Police Squad! | Charlotte | 1982 |
| Father Murphy | Jane Sanders | 1981 |
| Splendor in the Grass | Miss Metcalf | 1981 |
| Private Benjamin | Harriet Benjamin | 1981 |
| This House Possessed | Lucille | 1981 |
| Secrets of Midland Heights | Hilda Carroll | 1980 |
| A Change of Seasons | Alice Bingham | 1980 |
| Bosom Buddies | Mrs. Wilson | 1980 |
| It's a Living | Harriet Higgins | 1980 |
| Flo | Mrs. Carlin | 1980 |
| When the Whistle Blows | Bulldog's wife | 1980 |
| American Gigolo | Lisa Williams | 1980 |
| Ike: The War Years | Mrs. Westerfield | 1980 |
| Joe's World | Katie Wabash | 1979 |
| Knots Landing | Mrs. Dunne | 1979 |
| The Onion Field | Mrs. Powell | 1979 |
| Blind Ambition | Mrs. Kleindienst | 1979 |
| Ike: The War Years | Mrs. Wetserfield | 1979 |
| Fast Break | Ms. Tidwell | 1979 |
| Married: The First Year | Cathy Baker | 1979 |
| A Question of Love | Reporter | 1978 |
| Dallas | Amy Stevens | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | Louise Florence | 1977 |
| Rafferty | Betty Dane | 1977 |
| James at 16 | Mrs. Stevens | 1977 |
| Fernwood Tonight | Alberta Cornwall | 1977 |
| Fish | Mrs. Lester | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | Karen Saundersen | 1976 |
| Family | Sophie Sullivan | 1976 |
| One Day at a Time | Alice Butterfield | 1975 |
| Rhoda | Dr. Sanders | 1974 |
| Barney Miller | Gwen Baxter | 1974 |
| Hail | Mrs. Burd | 1973 |
| A Touch of Class | Patty Menkes | 1973 |
| The Waltons | Nurse Corrigan | 1972 |
| Lady Liberty | Subway Lady | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Evelyn Jackson | 1971 |
| All in the Family | Veronica Cartright | 1971 |
| Joe | May Lou Curran (as K. Callan) / Mary Lou Curran | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Route 66 | Western Union Operator | 1960 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Betty's Mom | 1954 |
