Margot Kidder
Acting
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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tvAmityville: An Origin Story
2023
Self- Archive
moviePuppy Swap: Love Unleashed
2019
Delilah Higgins
movieThe Red Maple Leaf
2017
Dr. Amanda Walker
movieBlack Christmas Legacy
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieNo Deposit
2015
Margie Ryan
movieThe Dependables
2014
Jean Dempsey
movieReal Gangsters
2013
Stella Kelly
movieHENRi
2013
Dr. Calvin
movieMatt's Chance
2013
Mother Mable
movieServitude
2012
Mrs. Crank
movie3 of a Kind
2012
Claire
movieRedemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Marlys Baptiste
movieSecret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010
Lois Lane (archive footage)
tvR. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
Mrs. Worthington
movieHalloween II
2009
Barbara Collier
movieA Single Woman
2008
Storyteller
movieUniversal Signs
2008
Rose Callahan
tvBrothers and Sisters
2006
Emily Craft
movieGravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
2005
Dorothy M. Johnson
movieChicks with Sticks
2005
Edith Taymore
movieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
movieThe Last Sign
2005
Endora
movieCool Money
2005
Peggy Comfort
movieDeath 4 Told
2004
Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
movieI'll Be Seeing You
2004
Frances Grolier
tvThe L Word
2004
Sandy Ziskin
movie101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieCrime and Punishment
2002
Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
movieAngel Blade
2002
Frida
movieOnce Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
Lois Lane (archive footage)
tvSmallville
2001
Bridgette Crosby
movieThe Hi-Line
2000
Laura Johnson
movieSomeone Is Watching
2000
Sally Beckert
movieCommon Ground
2000
Mrs. Nelson
movieTribulation
2000
Eileen Canboro
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Grace Mayberry
movieThe Annihilation of Fish
1999
Mrs. Muldroone
movieThe Clown at Midnight
1999
Ellen Gibby
movieNightmare Man
1999
Lillian Hannibal
movieThe Teddy Bears' Scare
1998
Mrs. Jones (voice)
movieNever Met Picasso
1997
Genna Magnus
tvEarth: Final Conflict
1997
Dr. Josephine Mataros
movieThe Planet of Junior Brown
1997
Miss Peebs
tvThe Hunger
1997
Helen Sloan
movieSilent Cradle
1997
Cindy Wilson
tvBoston Common
1996
Cookie
movieYoung Ivanhoe
1995
Lady Margarite
movieBloodknot
1995
Evelyn
tvThe Outer Limits
1995
Serena
movieBeanstalk
1994
Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
moviePhantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
1994
Rebecca Madison
tvTouched by an Angel
1994
Rita Lasky
movieWindRunner
1994
Sally 'Mom' Cima
movieMaverick
1994
Margret Mary (uncredited)
movieOne Woman's Courage
1994
Stella Jenson
tvBurke's Law
1994
Joy Adams
movieLa Florida
1993
Vivy Lamori
movieTo Catch a Killer
1992
Rachel Grayson
tvTo Catch a Killer
1992
Rachel Grayson
movieDelirious
1991
Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
tvCaptain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Gaia (voice)
movieWhite Room
1990
Madelaine X
movieMob Story
1989
Dolores
tvTales from the Crypt
1989
Cynthia
movieBody of Evidence
1988
Carol Dwyer
movieKeeping Track
1987
Mickey Tremaine
movieThe Emerald City of Oz
1987
Narrator
movieOzma of Oz
1987
Narrator
movieVanishing Act
1986
Chris Kenyon
movieGoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
Solitaire (voice)
moviePicking Up the Pieces
1985
Lynette Harding
movieSpeaking Our Peace
1985
Narrator
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Ellen Holden
movieLouisiana
1984
Virginia Tregan
moviePygmalion
1983
Eliza Doolittle
tvThe Hitchhiker
1983
Jane Reynolds
movieThe Making of 'Superman II'
1983
Lois Lane (uncredited)
movieSuperman III
1983
Lois Lane
movieTrenchcoat
1983
Mickey Raymond
movieBus Stop
1982
Cherie
movieSome Kind of Hero
1982
Toni Donovan
movieMiss Right
1982
Juliette
movieHeartaches
1981
Rita Harris
movieSuperman II
1980
Lois Lane
movieWillie & Phil
1980
Jeannette Sutherland
movieThe Amityville Horror
1979
Kathy Lutz
movieSuperman
1978
Lois Lane
movieShoot the Sun Down
1978
The Woman from England
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvSwitch
1975
Andrea Morris
movie92 in the Shade
1975
Miranda
movieThe Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975
Marcia Curtis
movieA Quiet Day in Belfast
1974
Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
tvAm laufenden Band
1974
Self - Guest
movieHonky Tonk
1974
Lucy Cotton
movieSisters
1973
Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
tvBarnaby Jones
1973
Lori Wright
tvBanacek
1972
Linda Carsini
movieSuddenly Single
1971
Jackie
tvNichols
1971
Ruth
tvAdventures in Rainbow Country
1970
Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor) / Sportscar driver
movieGaily, Gaily
1969
Adeline
tvThe Mod Squad
1968
Claire Allen
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
Production1
moviePygmalion
1983
Co-Producer