Highest Rated: 100% Sew Torn (2024)
Lowest Rated: 75% American Gigolo (1980)
Birthday: Jan 9, 1936
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA
K Callan was a veteran character actress with more than six decades of credits, as well as author of more than 30 showbiz reference books. Born in Dallas, TX as Katherine Elizabeth Borman in 1936, her first professional Hollywood credit came in 1962, playing a Western Union operator on the TV classic "Route 66" (ABC-1960-64). Although she did'nt rack up another such role until 1970, when she played the wife of Peter Boyle's title character in the controversial anti-hippie drama "Joe," Callan went on to amass hundreds of film and TV credits over the next several decades. These included her notable 1977 appearance on the "All in the Family" (CBS 1971-79) episode "Cousin Liz," in which Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton) learned about the relationship between Callan's lesbian character Veronica and Edith Bunker's now-deceased Cousin Liz. Following work in notable films such as the police drama "The Onion Field" (1979) and the controversial "American Gigolo" (1980), Callan became one of the most in-demand guest character actresses on TV in the 1980s and '90s. All preceded the role for which she is most likely known, that of Superman's adoptive mom Martha Kent on "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (ABC 1993-97). Following that show's conclusion, she went on to brief feature roles in the atmospheric "Carnivàle" (HBO 2003-2005), Tyler Perry's "Meet the Browns" (TBS 2009-2012) and as Lily's (Alyson Hannigan) grandmother Lois on "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS 2005-2014). Her next recurring role came on the dark hospital comedy-drama "Getting On" (HBO 2013-15).
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100% | No Score Yet | Sew Torn | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pie in the Sky | Mama (Character) | - | 2022 |
97% | | Knives Out | "Great Nana" Wanetta (Character) | $165.4M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | | Not That Funny | Toogey Richmonde (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | | Samuel Bleak | Elaine (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunnyview | Virginia (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | | Coyote County Loser | Maggie Hopps (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | | Midnight Clear | Eva (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Committed | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saved by the Light | Dannion's mother (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | | Flight of Black Angel | Mrs. Gordon (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | | The Unborn | Martha Wellington (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Incident at Dark River | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | | This House Possessed | Lucille (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Splendor in the Grass | Miss Metcalf (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | | A Change of Seasons | Alice Bingham (Character) | - | 1980 |
75% | | American Gigolo | Lisa Williams (Character) | - | 1980 |
87% | | The Onion Field | Mrs. Powell (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | | Fast Break | Ms. Tidwell (Character) | - | 1979 |
75% | | Joe | May Lou Curran (Character) | - | 1970 |
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98% | 81% | Poker Face | Betty (Guest Star) | 2023 |
95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Carol (Guest Star) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Bertha Jones-Delacroix (Guest Star) | 2020 |
93% | 90% | Veep | Judy Sherman (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Code Black | Ruth (Guest Star) | 2015 |
97% | 94% | Justified | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
84% | 84% | How I Met Your Mother | Grandma Lois (Guest Star) | 2007 2012 |
No Score Yet | 89% | The Mentalist | Annabelle Draber (Guest Star) | 2010 |
52% | 65% | Heroes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
6% | No Score Yet | Mental | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Kelly Robinson (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 75% | 'Til Death | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
72% | 88% | Desperate Housewives | Eileen Britt (Guest Star) | 2007 |
83% | 85% | The Closer | Julia Rose (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
74% | 82% | Nip/Tuck | Ellie Harkness (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Martha Abernathy (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
23% | No Score Yet | Kate Brasher | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
86% | 86% | Martha Kent (Character) | 1993-1997 | |
83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Mrs. Hastings (Guest Star) | 1997 |
91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Alsia (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coach | Marion Williamson (Guest Star) | 1989-1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Mrs. Jorgensen (Guest Star) | 1985 1989 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | Lenore Mackenzie (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live-In | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. President | Janet Braden (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Highway to Heaven | Mrs. Lowell (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's a Living | Harriet Higgins (Guest Star) | 1986 |
68% | No Score Yet | E/R | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cutter to Houston | Connie Buford (Character) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
90% | 93% | Police Squad! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
80% | 60% | Bosom Buddies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rhoda | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 88% | All in the Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Day at a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976-1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | Gwen Baxter (Guest Star) | 1977 |