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Margaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder (October 17, 1948 β 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 (1980β1987).
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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Filmography
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Movies 117
TV Shows 31
self 24
Narrator 4
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Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed (2019)
The Neighborhood (2017)
The Red Maple Leaf (2017)
Black Christmas Legacy (2015)
No Deposit (2015)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Pride of Lions (2014)
The Big Fat Stone (2014)
Real Gangsters (2013)
HENRi (2013)
Matt's Chance (2013)
Servitude (2012)
3 of a Kind (2012)
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
Feed Your Head (2010)
Martinis and Murder (2009)
Something Evil Comes (2009)
Halloween II (2009)
A Single Woman (2008)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
The Box Collector (2008)
On the Other Hand, Death (2008)
Universal Signs (2008)
The 12 Days of Black Christmas (2006)
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Brothers and Sisters (2006)
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006)
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye (2005)
Chicks With Sticks (2005)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005)
Robson Arms (2005)
The Last Sign (2005)
For God's Sake, Get Out! (2005)
Cool Money (2005)
Death 4 Told (2004)
I'll Be Seeing You (2004)
The L Word (2004)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
Crime and Punishment (2002)
Angel Blade (2002)
Society's Child (2002)
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes (2001)
Smallville (2001)
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001)
The Hi-Line (2000)
Someone Is Watching (2000)
Common Ground (2000)
Tribulation (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly (1999)
Nightmare Man (1999)
The Clown at Midnight (1998)
Earth: Final Conflict (1997)
The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
The Hunger (1997)
Silent Cradle (1997)
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework (1997)
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996)
Boston Common (1996)
Never Met Picasso (1996)
Young Ivanhoe (1995)
Bloodknot (1995)
The Outer Limits (1995)
Beanstalk (1994)
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks (1994)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Phantom 2040 (1994)
WindRunner (1994)
Maverick (1994)
One Woman's Courage (1994)
The Pornographer (1994)
Burke's Law (1994)
Henry & Verlin (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
La Florida (1993)
To Catch a Killer (1992)
To Catch a Killer (1992)
Delirious (1991)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
White Room (1990)
Mob Story (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Calling the Shots (1988)
Body of Evidence (1988)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
Keeping Track (1987)
Shell Game (1987)
The Emerald City of Oz (1987)
Ozma of Oz (1987)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1987)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1987)
Vanishing Act (1986)
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
Picking Up the Pieces (1985)
The Making of 'Superman III' (1985)
Little Treasure (1985)
The Canadian Conspiracy (1985)
The Glitter Dome (1984)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Louisiana (1984)
Pygmalion (1983)
The Hitchhiker (1983)
Superman III (1983)
Trenchcoat (1983)
Bus Stop (1982)
Some Kind of Hero (1982)
Miss Right (1982)
The Making of 'Superman II' (1982)
Heartaches (1981)
Superman II (1980)
Willie and Phil (1980)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1980)
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Superman (1978)
Shoot the Sun Down (1978)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Switch (1975)
92 in the Shade (1975)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Black Christmas (1974)
The Dion Brothers (1974)
A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974)
Am laufenden Band (1974)
Honky Tonk (1974)
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On (1973)
The Suicide Club (1973)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
Sisters (1972)
The Bounty Man (1972)
Suddenly Single (1971)
Nichols (1971)
Adventures in Rainbow Country (1970)
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969)
The Mod Squad (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Common Ground
Corwin
Speaking Our Peace
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1948-10-17
Deathday2018-05-13 (69 years old)
Birth NameMargaret Ruth Kidder
Birth PlaceYellowknife, Canada
Religionatheism
RelationshipsPhilippe de Broca (1983-01-01 - 1984-01-01), Thomas McGuane (1975-01-01 - 1977-01-01), John Heard (1979-01-01 - 1979-01-01)
ChildrenMaggie McGuane
FatherSidney "Kendall" Kidder
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Canada
Also Known Asηͺζζ½ζ³°, Margaret Ruth Kidder, γγΌγ΄γγγ»γγγΌ
AwardsDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming, Saturn Award for Best Actress, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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