K Callan

K Callan is an American actress and writer whose film and television work has spanned six decades. Born in Dallas, she studied drama at North Texas State University and trained in New York with Herbert Berghof at HB Studio. Her first television part came in an episode of Route 66, and she had a recurring role on the soap opera The Secret Storm in 1964. She made her big screen debut in the 1970 satire Joe, playing the wife of Peter Boyle's title character. Later films include Knives Out (2019), American Gigolo (1980), A Touch of Class (1973), The Onion Field (1979), Frankie & Johnny (1991) and Nine Lives (2005). On television she was Clark Kent's mother Martha on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman from 1993 to 1997 and had recurring roles on Coach, Dallas, Getting On, Veep, Carnivàle and How I Met Your Mother.