Name
Margot Kidder
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-10-17
Deathday
2018-05-13 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Biography
Margaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was a Canadian-American actress, director, and activist whose career spanned over five decades. Her accolades include three Canadian Screen Awards and one Daytime Emmy Award. Though she appeared in an array of films and television, Kidder is most widely known for her performance as Lois Lane in the Superman film series, appearing in the first four films.
Born in Yellowknife to a Canadian mother and an American father, Kidder was raised in the Northwest Territories as well as several other Canadian provinces. She began her acting career in the 1960s appearing in low-budget Canadian films and television series, before landing a lead role in Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970). She then played twins in Brian De Palma's cult thriller Sisters (1973), a sorority student in the slasher film Black Christmas (1974) and the titular character's girlfriend in the drama The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), opposite Robert Redford. In 1977, she was cast as Lois Lane in Richard Donner's Superman (1978), a role which established her as a mainstream actress. Her performance as Kathy Lutz in the blockbuster horror film The Amityville Horror (1979) gained her further mainstream exposure, after which she went on to reprise her role as Lois Lane in Superman II, III, and IV (1980–1987).
The 1990s were marked by significant health problems for Kidder: In 1990, she sustained serious injuries in a car accident that left her temporarily paralyzed, and she later had a highly publicized manic episode and nervous breakdown in 1996 stemming from bipolar disorder. By the 2000s, she maintained steady work in independent films and television, with guest-starring roles on Smallville, Brothers & Sisters and The L Word, and appeared in a 2002 Off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance on the children's television series R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour.
Margot passed away at her home in Livingston, Montana, at the age of 69. Her death was ruled a suicide due to a self-inflicted drug and alcohol overdose.
Known For
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- 1978 Superman as Lois Lane
- 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Lois Lane
- 1973 Sisters as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
- 1979 The Amityville Horror as Kathy Lutz
- 2009 Halloween II as Barbara Collier
- 1980 Superman II as Lois Lane
- 1983 Superman III as Lois Lane
- 1994 Maverick as Margret Mary (uncredited)
- 2008 On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery as Dorothy
- 1982 Some Kind of Hero as Toni Donovan
- 1975 92 in the Shade as Miranda
- 2008 The Box Collector as Beth
- 1974 Black Christmas as Barb
- 2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- 1979 Mr. Mike's Mondo Video as Self
- 1987 Ozma of Oz as Narrator
- 2005 The Last Sign as Endora
- 1992 To Catch a Killer as Rachel Grayson
- 2000 Common Ground as Mrs. Nelson
- 1975 The Great Waldo Pepper as Maude
- 1994 The Pornographer as Irene
- 2002 Angel Blade as Frida
- 1983 Trenchcoat as Mickey Raymond
- 2015 Black Christmas Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 Tribulation as Eileen Canboro
- 1970 Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx as Zazel
- 1975 The Reincarnation of Peter Proud as Marcia Curtis
- 2009 Martinis and Murder
- 2005 For God's Sake, Get Out! as Self
- 1994 Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks as Rebecca Madison
- 2002 Crime and Punishment as Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
- 2000 Someone Is Watching as Sally Beckert
- 1983 Pygmalion as Eliza Doolittle
- 2005 Chicks with Sticks as Edith Taymore
- 1969 Gaily, Gaily as Adeline
- 2004 I'll Be Seeing You as Frances Grolier
- 1969 The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar as Rosie
- 1984 Louisiana as Virginia Tregan
- 1994 Beanstalk as Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
- 2013 Matt's Chance as Mother Mable
- 2013 HENRi as Dr. Calvin
- 1978 Shoot the Sun Down as The Woman from England
- 1987 The Marvelous Land of Oz as Narrator
- 1987 The Emerald City of Oz as Narrator
- 1995 Young Ivanhoe as Lady Margarite
- 1990 White Room as Madelaine X
- 1994 Henry & Verlin as Mabel
- 1987 Keeping Track as Mickey Tremaine
- 1971 Suddenly Single as Jackie
- 1985 Little Treasure as Margo
- 2005 Cool Money as Peggy Comfort
- 1986 Vanishing Act as Chris Kenyon
- 1997 Silent Cradle as Cindy Wilson
- 1993 La Florida as Vivy Lamori
- 2014 The Dependables as Jean Dempsey
- 1987 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Narrator
- 1982 Miss Right as Juliette
- 1994 WindRunner as Sally 'Mom' Cima
- 1999 The Clown at Midnight as Ellen Gibby
- 1991 Delirious as Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
- 1997 The Planet of Junior Brown as Miss Peebs
- 1980 Willie & Phil as Jeannette Sutherland
- 2013 Real Gangsters as Stella Kelly
- 2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd as Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
- 1999 Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly as Melanie Kelly
- 1999 The Annihilation of Fish as Mrs. Muldroone
- 1985 Speaking Our Peace as Narrator
- 1985 The Making of 'Superman III' as Self
- 2012 3 of a Kind as Claire
- 2009 Something Evil Comes as Claudia
- 1985 Picking Up the Pieces as Lynette Harding
- 1984 The Glitter Dome as Willie
- 1995 Bloodknot as Evelyn
- 1987 The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
- 1981 Heartaches as Rita Harris
- 1973 Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On as Helen
- 2011 Sarina's Song as Maggie
- 2014 The Big Fat Stone as Madge
- 2015 No Deposit as Margie Ryan
- 2004 Death 4 Told as Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
- 1994 One Woman's Courage as Stella Jenson
- 1998 The Teddy Bears' Scare as Mrs. Jones (voice)
- 2000 The Hi-Line as Laura Johnson
- 1989 Mob Story as Dolores
- 2008 You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self
- 1986 The Canadian Conspiracy as Self
- 2001 Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' as Self
- 1982 The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self
- 1983 The Making of 'Superman II' as Lois Lane (uncredited)
- 2001 Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend as Self
- 2017 The Neighborhood as Maggie
- 1974 The Dion Brothers as Margie
- 2002 Society's Child as Joan
- 1997 Never Met Picasso as Genna Magnus
- 1972 The Bounty Man as Mae
- 1974 A Quiet Day in Belfast as Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
- 2008 A Single Woman as Storyteller
- 2006 Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman as Self
- 2008 Universal Signs as Rose Callahan
- 2001 Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Lois Lane (archive footage)
- 1973 The Suicide Club as Gerry
- 1986 GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Solitaire (voice)
- 2006 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as Lois Lane
- 2012 Servitude as Mrs. Crank
- 1988 Body of Evidence as Carol Dwyer
- 1997 Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework as Sol
- 2017 The Red Maple Leaf as Dr. Amanda Walker
- 1982 Bus Stop as Cherie
- 2019 Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed as Delilah Higgins
- 2011 Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Marlys Baptiste
- 1988 Calling the Shots as Self
- 1974 Honky Tonk as Lucy Cotton
- 2005 Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye as Dorothy M. Johnson
- 2006 The 12 Days of Black Christmas as Self
- 2010 Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics as Lois Lane (archive footage)
- 1999 Nightmare Man as Lillian Hannibal
- 2006 You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman as Self
- Soon Robber's Roost
- 2003 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 Collectormania 6 as Self
- 1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as (archive footage)
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Ellen Holden
- 2006 Brothers and Sisters ( 2 episodes ) as Emily Craft
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Rita Lasky
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Cynthia
- 1994 Phantom 2040 ( 35 episodes )
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Grace Mayberry
- 2004 The L Word ( 1 episode ) as Sandy Ziskin
- 2005 Robson Arms ( 26 episodes )
- 2001 Smallville ( 2 episodes ) as Bridgette Crosby
- 1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Andrea Morris
- 1996 Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal ( 1 episode )
- 1971 Nichols ( 24 episodes ) as Ruth
- 1983 The Hitchhiker ( 1 episode ) as Jane Reynolds
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Serena
- 1987 Shell Game ( 6 episodes )
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1974 Am laufenden Band ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1993 Intimate Portrait ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1990 Captain Planet and the Planeteers ( 4 episodes ) as Gaia (voice)
- 1970 Adventures in Rainbow Country ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor)
- 1970 Adventures in Rainbow Country ( 1 episode ) as Sportscar driver
- 1997 The Hunger ( 1 episode ) as Helen Sloan
- 1994 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Joy Adams
- 2010 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Worthington
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Earth: Final Conflict ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Josephine Mataros
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1992 To Catch a Killer ( 2 episodes ) as Rachel Grayson
- 1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Lori Wright
- 1996 Boston Common ( 6 episodes ) as Cookie
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode ) as Claire Allen
- 2023 Amityville: An Origin Story ( 4 episodes ) as Self- Archive
- 1972 Banacek ( 1 episode ) as Linda Carsini
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 1 episode ) as Self
