Margot Kidder
Acting
- Born:
- 1948-10-17
- Died:
- 2018-05-13
- 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
Filmography
Amityville: An Origin Story
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
The Neighborhood
The Red Maple Leaf
Black Christmas Legacy
No Deposit
The Dependables
The Big Fat Stone
Real Gangsters
HENRi
Matt's Chance
Servitude
3 of a Kind
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Sarina's Song
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Martinis and Murder
Something Evil Comes
Halloween II
A Single Woman
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
The Box Collector
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Universal Signs
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Brothers and Sisters
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
Chicks with Sticks
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Robson Arms
The Last Sign
For God's Sake, Get Out!
Cool Money
Collectormania 6
Death 4 Told
I'll Be Seeing You
The L Word
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Crime and Punishment
Angel Blade
Society's Child
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Smallville
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
The Hi-Line
Someone Is Watching
Common Ground
Tribulation
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Annihilation of Fish
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
The Clown at Midnight
Nightmare Man
The Teddy Bears' Scare
Never Met Picasso
Earth: Final Conflict
The Planet of Junior Brown
The Hunger
La Femme Nikita
Silent Cradle
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Boston Common
Young Ivanhoe
Bloodknot
The Outer Limits
Beanstalk
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Touched by an Angel
Phantom 2040
WindRunner
Maverick
One Woman's Courage
The Pornographer
Henry & Verlin
Burke's Law
Intimate Portrait
La Florida
To Catch a Killer
To Catch a Killer
Delirious
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
White Room
Mob Story
Tales from the Crypt
Calling the Shots
Body of Evidence
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Keeping Track
Shell Game
The Emerald City of Oz
Ozma of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Canadian Conspiracy
Vanishing Act
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Picking Up the Pieces
The Making of 'Superman III'
Little Treasure
Speaking Our Peace
The Glitter Dome
Murder, She Wrote
Louisiana
Pygmalion
The Hitchhiker
The Making of 'Superman II'
Superman III
Trenchcoat
Bus Stop
Some Kind of Hero
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Miss Right
Heartaches
Superman II
Willie & Phil
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
The Amityville Horror
Superman
Shoot the Sun Down
Ciné regards
Saturday Night Live
Switch
92 in the Shade
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
The Great Waldo Pepper
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Black Christmas
The Dion Brothers
A Quiet Day in Belfast
Am laufenden Band
Honky Tonk
Sisters
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
The Suicide Club
Barnaby Jones
The Bounty Man
Banacek
Film '72
Suddenly Single
Nichols
Adventures in Rainbow Country
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Gaily, Gaily
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
The Mod Squad
The Dick Cavett Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Robber's Roost