Margot Kidder
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-10-17
Day of Death
2018-05-13 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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.
Known For
Acting
(2019)
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
as Delilah Higgins
(2017)
The Neighborhood
as Maggie
(2017)
The Red Maple Leaf
as Dr. Amanda Walker
(2015)
No Deposit
as Margie Ryan
(2015)
Black Christmas Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
The Dependables
as Jean Dempsey
(2014)
The Big Fat Stone
as Madge
(2013)
Real Gangsters
as Stella Kelly
(2013)
HENRi
as Dr. Calvin
(2013)
Matt's Chance
as Mother Mable
(2012)
3 of a Kind
as Claire
(2012)
Servitude
as Mrs. Crank
(2011)
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Marlys Baptiste
(2011)
Sarina's Song
as Maggie
(2010)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
as Lois Lane (archive footage)
(2009)
Halloween II
as Barbara Collier
(2009)
Something Evil Comes
as Claudia
(2009)
(2008)
(2008)
The Box Collector
as Beth
(2008)
(2008)
A Single Woman
as Storyteller
(2008)
Universal Signs
as Rose Callahan
(2006)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Lois Lane
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
The Last Sign
as Endora
(2005)
Cool Money
as Peggy Comfort
(2005)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
(2005)
For God's Sake, Get Out!
as Self
(2005)
Chicks with Sticks
as Edith Taymore
(2005)
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
as Dorothy M. Johnson
(2004)
I'll Be Seeing You
as Frances Grolier
(2004)
Death 4 Told
as Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
Crime and Punishment
as Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
(2002)
Angel Blade
as Frida
(2002)
Society's Child
as Joan
(2001)
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Lois Lane (archive footage)
(2001)
(2001)
(2000)
Tribulation
as Eileen Canboro
(2000)
Common Ground
as Mrs. Nelson
(2000)
Someone Is Watching
as Sally Beckert
(2000)
The Hi-Line
as Laura Johnson
(1999)
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
as Melanie Kelly
(1999)
The Annihilation of Fish
as Mrs. Muldroone
(1999)
Nightmare Man
as Lillian Hannibal
(1998)
The Clown at Midnight
as Ellen Gibby
(1998)
The Teddy Bears' Scare
as Mrs. Jones (voice)
(1997)
(1997)
The Planet of Junior Brown
as Miss Peebs
(1997)
Silent Cradle
as Cindy Wilson
(1996)
Never Met Picasso
as Genna Magnus
(1995)
Bloodknot
as Evelyn
(1995)
Young Ivanhoe
as Lady Margarite
(1994)
Maverick
as Margret Mary (uncredited)
(1994)
Beanstalk
as Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
(1994)
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
as Rebecca Madison
(1994)
WindRunner
as Sally 'Mom' Cima
(1994)
The Pornographer
as Irene
(1994)
Henry & Verlin
as Mabel
(1994)
One Woman's Courage
as Stella Jenson
(1993)
La Florida
as Vivy Lamori
(1992)
To Catch a Killer
as Rachel Grayson
(1991)
Delirious
as Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
(1990)
White Room
as Madelaine X
(1989)
Mob Story
as Dolores
(1988)
Body of Evidence
as Carol Dwyer
(1988)
Calling the Shots
as Self
(1987)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lois Lane
(1987)
(1987)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Narrator
(1987)
The Marvelous Land of Oz
as Narrator
(1987)
Ozma of Oz
as Narrator
(1987)
Keeping Track
as Mickey Tremaine
(1987)
The Emerald City of Oz
as Narrator
(1986)
(1986)
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
as Solitaire (voice)
(1986)
Vanishing Act
as Chris Kenyon
(1985)
Little Treasure
as Margo
(1985)
Picking Up the Pieces
as Lynette Harding
(1985)
The Making of 'Superman III'
as Self
(1985)
Speaking Our Peace
as Narrator
(1984)
The Glitter Dome
as Willie
(1984)
Louisiana
as Virginia Tregan
(1983)
Superman III
as Lois Lane
(1983)
The Making of 'Superman II'
as Lois Lane (uncredited)
(1983)
Trenchcoat
as Mickey Raymond
(1983)
Pygmalion
as Eliza Doolittle
(1982)
Some Kind of Hero
as Toni Donovan
(1982)
(1982)
Bus Stop
as Cherie
(1982)
Miss Right
as Juliette
(1981)
Heartaches
as Rita Harris
(1980)
Superman II
as Lois Lane
(1980)
Willie & Phil
as Jeannette Sutherland
(1979)
The Amityville Horror
as Kathy Lutz
(1979)
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
as Self
(1978)
Superman
as Lois Lane
(1978)
Shoot the Sun Down
as The Woman from England
(1975)
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Maude
(1975)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
as Marcia Curtis
(1975)
92 in the Shade
as Miranda
(1974)
Black Christmas
as Barb
(1974)
The Dion Brothers
as Margie
(1974)
Honky Tonk
as Lucy Cotton
(1974)
A Quiet Day in Belfast
as Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
(1973)
Sisters
as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
(1973)
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
as Helen
(1973)
The Suicide Club
as Gerry
(1972)
The Bounty Man
as Mae
(1971)
Suddenly Single
as Jackie
(1970)
(1969)
Gaily, Gaily
as Adeline
(1969)
Crew
(1983)
Pygmalion
Co-Producer