...as Alsia (1993).
K Callan (born January 9, 1942 in Dallas, Texas) is the actress who played Alsia in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Rivals".
A veteran of stage and screen and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the Television Academy, Callan is perhaps best known to general audiences for playing Martha Kent on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, co-starring Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star Teri Hatcher. She also had recurring roles on the sitcom Coach and the HBO series Carnivale, the latter of which also starred fellow Star Trek guest stars Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, John Fleck, and John Savage.
The many other TV series on which she has appeared include All in the Family (with Jason Wingreen), Quincy (starring Robert Ito and Garry Walberg), Remington Steele (with Charles Rocket), St. Elsewhere (starring Ed Begley, Jr., Deborah May, Alfre Woodard, and Jane Wyatt), Highway to Heaven (with Paul Carr and Kenneth Tigar), Night Court (co-starring John Larroquette and Brent Spiner), Quantum Leap (starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell), L.A. Law (co-starring Corbin Bernsen, Larry Drake, and David Gautreaux), NYPD Blue (starring Sharon Lawrence and Gordon Clapp), 7th Heaven (starring Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks), Diagnosis Murder (with Jeannetta Arnette), Crossing Jordan (starring Miguel Ferrer), JAG (with Steven Culp), and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (with Christopher Shea). She and TNG guest actor Robin Gammell recently played a married couple in an episode of Nip/Tuck.
She also has a number of films to her credit, earning praise for her debut in the 1970 drama Joe. She followed this with roles in such popular films as A Touch of Class (1973, in which she plays the wife of Paul Sorvino's character), The Onion Field (1979, co-starring John Savage, Ronny Cox, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Herd, Michael Pataki, and John de Lancie), American Gigolo (1980, playing the daughter of Richard Derr's character), and Frankie and Johnny (1991, with Dey Young).
Other Trek connections
Additional film and television projects in which Callan appeared with other Star Trek performers include:
- Lady Liberty (1971 feature film) with Richard Libertini
- Fast Break (1979 feature film) with Bert Remsen)
- Ike (1979 TV mini-series) with Jonathan Banks, Whit Bissell, Richard Herd, Laurence Luckinbill, and William Schallert
- Blind Ambition (1979 TV mini-series) with Graham Jarvis, Alan Oppenheimer, Lawrence Pressman, Logan Ramsey, William Schallert, James Sloyan, and William Windom
- Splendor in the Glass (1981 TV movie) with Merritt Butrick and Graham Jarvis
- Fast-Walking (1982 feature film) with Robert Hooks
- Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984 TV movie) with Jeannetta Arnette, Stephen Macht, and Larry Cedar
- Hollywood Wives (1985 TV mini-series) with Joanna Cassidy and Meg Wyllie
- Flight of Black Angel (1991 TV movie) with Martha Hackett
- The Unborn (1991 feature film) with Brad Blaisdell
- Mr. Murder (1998 TV movie) with Bill Smitrovich, Richard Riehle, Jim Beaver, and Stephanie Niznik
- Nine Lives (2005 feature film) with Lawrence Pressman
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