Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder

Birthdate
October 17, 1948 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Date of Death
May 13, 2018
Known For
Acting

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Birthdate
October 17, 1948 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Date of Death
May 13, 2018
Known For
Acting

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.

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Acting (151)

Speaking Our Peace as Narrator
2024
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story as Self (archive footage)
2019
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed as Delilah Higgins
2017
The Neighborhood as Maggie
2017
The Red Maple Leaf as Dr. Amanda Walker
2015
Black Christmas Legacy as Self (archive footage)
2015
No Deposit as Margie Ryan
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Dependables as Jean Dempsey
2014
The Big Fat Stone as Madge
2013
Real Gangsters as Stella Kelly
2013
HENRi as Dr. Calvin
2013
Matt's Chance as Mother Mable
2012
Servitude as Mrs. Crank
2012
3 of a Kind as Claire
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Marlys Baptiste
2011
Sarina's Song as Maggie
2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics as Lois Lane (archive footage)
2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Mrs. Worthington (1 episode)
2009
Martinis and Murder
2009
Something Evil Comes as Claudia
2009
Halloween II as Barbara Collier
2008
A Single Woman as Storyteller
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self
2008
The Box Collector as Beth
2008
Universal Signs as Rose Callahan
2006
The 12 Days of Black Christmas as Self
2006
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman as Self
2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as Lois Lane
2006
Brothers and Sisters as Emily Craft (2 episodes)
2006
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman as Self
2005
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye as Dorothy M. Johnson
2005
Chicks with Sticks as Edith Taymore
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd as Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
2005
Robson Arms (26 episodes)
2005
The Last Sign as Endora
2005
For God's Sake, Get Out! as Self
2005
Cool Money as Peggy Comfort
2004
Death 4 Told as Madam Badeau
2004
I'll Be Seeing You as Frances Grolier
2004
The L Word as Sandy Ziskin (1 episode)
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
2002
Crime and Punishment as Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
2002
Angel Blade as Frida
2002
Society's Child as Joan
2001
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Lois Lane (archive footage)
2001
Smallville as Bridgette Crosby (2 episodes)
2001
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' as Self
2001
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend as Self
2000
The Hi-Line as Laura Johnson
2000
Someone Is Watching as Sally Beckert
2000
Common Ground as Mrs. Nelson
2000
Tribulation as Eileen Canboro
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Grace Mayberry (1 episode)
1999
The Annihilation of Fish as Mrs. Muldroone
1999
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly as Melanie Kelly
1999
Nightmare Man as Lillian Hannibal
1998
The Teddy Bears' Scare as Mrs. Jones (voice)
1998
The Clown at Midnight as Ellen Gibby
1997
Earth: Final Conflict as Dr. Josephine Mataros (1 episode)
1997
The Planet of Junior Brown as Miss Peebs
1997
The Hunger as Helen Sloan (1 episode)
1997
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework as Sol
1997
Silent Cradle as Cindy Wilson
1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (2 episodes)
1996
Boston Common as Cookie (6 episodes)
1996
Never Met Picasso as Genna Magnus
1995
Young Ivanhoe as Lady Margarite
1995
Bloodknot as Evelyn
1995
The Outer Limits as Serena (1 episode)
1994
Beanstalk as Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
1994
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks as Rebecca Madison
1994
Touched by an Angel as Rita Lasky (1 episode)
1994
Phantom 2040 (35 episodes)
1994
WindRunner as Sally 'Mom' Cima
1994
Maverick as Margret Mary (uncredited)
1994
One Woman's Courage as Stella Jenson
1994
The Pornographer as Irene
1994
Burke's Law as Joy Adams (1 episode)
1994
Henry & Verlin as Mabel
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (1 episode)
1993
La Florida as Vivy Lamori
1992
To Catch a Killer as Rachel Grayson
1992
To Catch a Killer as Rachel Grayson (2 episodes)
1991
Delirious as Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Gaia (voice) (1 episode)
1990
White Room as Madelaine X
1989
Mob Story
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Cynthia (1 episode)
1988
Calling the Shots as Self
1988
Body of Evidence as Carol Dwyer
1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Lois Lane
1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
1987
Keeping Track as Mickey Tremaine
1987
Shell Game (6 episodes)
1987
The Emerald City of Oz as Narrator
1987
Ozma of Oz as Narrator
1987
The Marvelous Land of Oz as Narrator
1987
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Narrator
1986
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
Vanishing Act as Chris Kenyon
1986
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Solitaire (voice)
1985
Picking Up the Pieces as Lynette Harding
1985
The Making of 'Superman III' as Self
1985
Little Treasure as Margo
1984
The Glitter Dome as Willie
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Ellen Holden (1 episode)
1984
Louisiana as Virginia Tregan
1983
Pygmalion as Eliza Doolittle
1983
The Hitchhiker as Jane Reynolds (1 episode)
1983
Superman III as Lois Lane
1983
Trenchcoat as Mickey Raymond
1982
Bus Stop as Cherie
1982
Some Kind of Hero as Toni Donovan
1982
Miss Right as Juliette
1982
The Making of 'Superman II' as Lois Lane (uncredited)
1981
Heartaches as Rita Harris
1980
Superman II as Lois Lane
1980
Willie and Phil as Jeannette Sutherland
1980
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self
1979
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video as Self
1979
The Amityville Horror as Kathy Lutz
1978
Superman as Lois Lane
1978
Shoot the Sun Down as The Woman from England
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1975
Switch as Andrea Morris (1 episode)
1975
92 in the Shade as Miranda
1975
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud as Marcia Curtis
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper as Maude
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self (1 episode)
1974
Black Christmas as Barb
1974
The Dion Brothers as Margie
1974
A Quiet Day in Belfast as Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
1974
Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1974
Honky Tonk as Lucy Cotton
1973
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On as Helen
1973
Sisters as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
1973
The Suicide Club as Gerry
1973
Barnaby Jones as Lori Wright (1 episode)
1972
The Bounty Man as Mae
1971
Suddenly Single as Jackie
1971
Nichols as Ruth (24 episodes)
1970
Adventures in Rainbow Country as Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor) (1 episode)
1970
Adventures in Rainbow Country as Sportscar driver (1 episode)
1970
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx as Zazel
1969
Gaily, Gaily as Adeline
1969
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar as Rosie
1968
The Mod Squad (1 episode)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (1 episode)

Production (1)

1983
Pygmalion • Co-Producer
• Co-Producer