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Margot Kidder
Born · October 17, 1948
Died · May 13, 2018 (69 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Bio
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margot Kidder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Black Christmas Legacy
Self (archive footage)
8.0
2015
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self (archive footage)
7.2
2014
The Dependables
Jean Dempsey
3.1
2014
Real Gangsters
Stella Kelly
2.8
2013
HENRi
Dr. Calvin
7.7
2013
Matt's Chance
Mother Mable
3.6
2013
3 of a Kind
Claire
4.3
2012
Martinis and Murder
2.0
2009
Something Evil Comes
Claudia
6.2
2009
Halloween II
Barbara Collier
5.4
2009
The Box Collector
Beth
3.6
2008
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Dorothy
5.8
2008
Chicks with Sticks
Edith Taymore
5.0
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
8.3
2005
The Last Sign
Endora
3.4
2005
For God's Sake, Get Out!
Self
6.0
2005
Cool Money
Peggy Comfort
5.6
2005
I'll Be Seeing You
Frances Grolier
4.7
2004
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
7.1
2003
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
5.0
2002
Angel Blade
Frida
2.6
2002
Someone Is Watching
Sally Beckert
3.4
2000
Common Ground
Mrs. Nelson
4.7
2000
Tribulation
Eileen Canboro
4.0
2000
The Annihilation of Fish
Mrs. Muldroone
6.2
1999
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
Melanie Kelly
5.0
1999
The Clown at Midnight
Ellen Gibby
4.6
1998
The Planet of Junior Brown
Miss Peebs
4.5
1997
Silent Cradle
Cindy Wilson
6.5
1997
Young Ivanhoe
Lady Margarite
9.0
1995
Bloodknot
Evelyn
5.4
1995
Beanstalk
Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
5.0
1994
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Rebecca Madison
5.5
1994
WindRunner
Sally 'Mom' Cima
5.1
1994
Maverick
Margret Mary (uncredited)
6.9
1994
The Pornographer
Irene
0.0
1994
Henry & Verlin
Mabel
4.0
1994
La Florida
Vivy Lamori
5.1
1993
To Catch a Killer
Rachel Grayson
6.8
1992
Delirious
Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
5.6
1991
White Room
Madelaine X
5.3
1990
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lois Lane
4.6
1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
6.0
1987
Keeping Track
Mickey Tremaine
5.2
1987
The Emerald City of Oz
Narrator
0.0
1987
Ozma of Oz
Narrator
0.0
1987
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Narrator
0.0
1987
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
3.5
1987
Vanishing Act
Chris Kenyon
7.3
1986
Picking Up the Pieces
Lynette Harding
5.0
1985
The Making of 'Superman III'
Self
6.7
1985
Little Treasure
Margo
4.0
1985
The Glitter Dome
Willie
4.5
1984
Louisiana
Virginia Tregan
4.1
1984
Pygmalion
Eliza Doolittle
8.5
1983
Superman III
Lois Lane
5.5
1983
Trenchcoat
Mickey Raymond
5.7
1983
Some Kind of Hero
Toni Donovan
5.5
1982
Miss Right
Juliette
3.0
1982
Heartaches
Rita Harris
6.0
1981
Superman II
Lois Lane
6.7
1980
Willie and Phil
Jeannette Sutherland
4.4
1980
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Self
5.2
1979
The Amityville Horror
Kathy Lutz
6.3
1979
Superman
Lois Lane
7.1
1978
Shoot the Sun Down
The Woman from England
5.0
1978
92 in the Shade
Miranda
5.4
1975
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Marcia Curtis
5.9
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
Maude
6.4
1975
Black Christmas
Barb
6.9
1974
Sisters
Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
6.7
1973
Suddenly Single
Jackie
0.0
1971
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Zazel
4.5
1970
Gaily, Gaily
Adeline
4.0
1969
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
Rosie
6.0
1969
Speaking Our Peace
Narrator
0.0
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self (archive footage)
8.4
2024
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Delilah Higgins
7.3
2019
The Neighborhood
Maggie
3.2
2017
The Red Maple Leaf
Dr. Amanda Walker
4.3
2017
No Deposit
Margie Ryan
2.6
2015
The Big Fat Stone
Madge
3.0
2014
Servitude
Mrs. Crank
4.5
2012
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Marlys Baptiste
4.0
2011
Sarina's Song
Maggie
3.0
2011
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Lois Lane (archive footage)
7.0
2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Mrs. Worthington · (1 episode)
8.1
2010
A Single Woman
Storyteller
7.0
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
8.5
2008
Universal Signs
Rose Callahan
5.0
2008
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
Self
4.0
2006
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
6.0
2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lois Lane
7.3
2006
Brothers and Sisters
Emily Craft · (2 episodes)
7.1
2006
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
7.5
2006
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
Dorothy M. Johnson
0.0
2005
Robson Arms
(26 episodes)
4.8
2005
Death 4 Told
Madam Badeau
1.0
2004
The L Word
Sandy Ziskin · (1 episode)
7.6
2004
Society's Child
Joan
6.0
2002
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lois Lane (archive footage)
7.0
2001
Smallville
Bridgette Crosby · (2 episodes)
8.2
2001
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
7.8
2001
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
6.8
2001
The Hi-Line
Laura Johnson
5.2
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Grace Mayberry · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Nightmare Man
Lillian Hannibal
0.0
1999
The Teddy Bears' Scare
Mrs. Jones (voice)
0.0
1998
Earth: Final Conflict
Dr. Josephine Mataros · (1 episode)
6.7
1997
The Hunger
Helen Sloan · (1 episode)
5.7
1997
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Sol
5.4
1997
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
(2 episodes)
6.9
1996
Boston Common
Cookie · (6 episodes)
6.9
1996
Never Met Picasso
Genna Magnus
4.2
1996
The Outer Limits
Serena · (1 episode)
7.7
1995
Touched by an Angel
Rita Lasky · (1 episode)
7.2
1994
Phantom 2040
(35 episodes)
5.8
1994
One Woman's Courage
Stella Jenson
0.0
1994
Burke's Law
Joy Adams · (1 episode)
6.7
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
To Catch a Killer
Rachel Grayson · (2 episodes)
7.3
1992
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Gaia (voice) · (1 episode)
6.8
1990
Mob Story
0.0
1989
Tales from the Crypt
Cynthia · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Calling the Shots
Self
0.0
1988
Body of Evidence
Carol Dwyer
5.0
1988
Shell Game
(6 episodes)
5.0
1987
The Canadian Conspiracy
6.0
1986
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Solitaire (voice)
5.8
1986
Murder, She Wrote
Ellen Holden · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
The Hitchhiker
Jane Reynolds · (1 episode)
6.1
1983
Bus Stop
Cherie
0.0
1982
The Making of 'Superman II'
Lois Lane (uncredited)
7.5
1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
6.3
1980
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Switch
Andrea Morris · (1 episode)
6.7
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1975
The Dion Brothers
Margie
5.5
1974
A Quiet Day in Belfast
Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
6.0
1974
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.5
1974
Honky Tonk
Lucy Cotton
0.0
1974
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Helen
0.0
1973
The Suicide Club
Gerry
0.0
1973
Barnaby Jones
Lori Wright · (1 episode)
6.9
1973
The Bounty Man
Mae
5.5
1972
Nichols
Ruth · (24 episodes)
5.0
1971
Adventures in Rainbow Country
Sportscar driver · (1 episode)
5.5
1970
Adventures in Rainbow Country
Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor) · (1 episode)
5.5
1970
The Mod Squad
(1 episode)
6.5
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.7
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962