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.
Acting (116 movies)
Superman
1978
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Sisters
1973
The Amityville Horror
1979
Halloween II
2009
Superman II
1980
Superman III
1983
Maverick
1994
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
2008
Some Kind of Hero
1982
92 in the Shade
1975
The Box Collector
2008
Black Christmas
1974
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
Ozma of Oz
1987
The Last Sign
2005
To Catch a Killer
1992
Common Ground
2000
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
The Pornographer
1994
Angel Blade
2002
Trenchcoat
1983
Black Christmas Legacy
2015
Tribulation
2000
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975
Martinis and Murder
2009
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
1994
Crime and Punishment
2002
Someone Is Watching
2000
Chicks with Sticks
2005
Pygmalion
1983
Gaily, Gaily
1969
I'll Be Seeing You
2004
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
1969
Louisiana
1984
Beanstalk
1994
Matt's Chance
2013
HENRi
2013
Shoot the Sun Down
1978
The Marvelous Land of Oz
1987
The Emerald City of Oz
1987
Young Ivanhoe
1995
White Room
1990
Henry & Verlin
1994
Suddenly Single
1971
Keeping Track
1987
Little Treasure
1985
Cool Money
2005
Vanishing Act
1986
Silent Cradle
1997
La Florida
1993
The Dependables
2014
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1987
Miss Right
1982
WindRunner
1994
The Clown at Midnight
1998
Delirious
1991
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
Willie & Phil
1980
Real Gangsters
2013
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
1999
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
Speaking Our Peace
1985
The Making of 'Superman III'
1985
3 of a Kind
2012
Something Evil Comes
2009
Picking Up the Pieces
1985
The Glitter Dome
1984
Bloodknot
1995
Heartaches
1981
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973
No Deposit
2015
The Big Fat Stone
2014
Death 4 Told
2004
One Woman's Courage
1994
The Teddy Bears' Scare
1998
The Hi-Line
2000
Mob Story
1989
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
The Neighborhood
2017
The Dion Brothers
1974
Society's Child
2002
Never Met Picasso
1996
The Bounty Man
1972
A Quiet Day in Belfast
1974
A Single Woman
2008
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006
Universal Signs
2008
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
The Suicide Club
1973
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
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