Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 17, 1948
Died
May 13, 2018
Place of Birth
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Credits
154 titles
Margot Kidder
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
Filmography
Amityville: An Origin Story
Self- Archive
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Delilah Higgins
The Neighborhood
Maggie
The Red Maple Leaf
Dr. Amanda Walker
Black Christmas Legacy
Self (archive footage)
No Deposit
Margie Ryan
The Dependables
Jean Dempsey
The Big Fat Stone
Madge
Real Gangsters
Stella Kelly
HENRi
Dr. Calvin
Matt's Chance
Mother Mable
Servitude
Mrs. Crank
3 of a Kind
Claire
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Marlys Baptiste
Sarina's Song
Maggie
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Lois Lane (archive footage)
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Mrs. Worthington
Martinis and Murder
Something Evil Comes
Claudia
Halloween II
Barbara Collier
A Single Woman
Storyteller
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
The Box Collector
Beth
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Dorothy
Universal Signs
Rose Callahan
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lois Lane
Brothers and Sisters
Emily Craft
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
Dorothy M. Johnson
Chicks with Sticks
Edith Taymore
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
Robson Arms
The Last Sign
Endora
For God's Sake, Get Out!
Self
Cool Money
Peggy Comfort
Death 4 Told
Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
I'll Be Seeing You
Frances Grolier
The L Word
Sandy Ziskin
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
Angel Blade
Frida
Society's Child
Joan
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lois Lane (archive footage)
Smallville
Bridgette Crosby
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
The Hi-Line
Laura Johnson