Margot Kidder
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Grace Mayberry
Smallville
Bridgette Crosby
Murder, She Wrote
Ellen Holden
The L Word
Sandy Ziskin
Brothers and Sisters
Emily Craft
Touched by an Angel
Rita Lasky
Intimate Portrait
Self
The Outer Limits
Serena
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Mrs. Worthington
Tales from the Crypt
Cynthia
Earth: Final Conflict
Dr. Josephine Mataros
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lois Lane
Barnaby Jones
Lori Wright
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lois Lane (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Dorothy
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
Melanie Kelly
Superman
Lois Lane
Switch
Andrea Morris
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Helen
The Making of 'Superman II'
Lois Lane (uncredited)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Gaia (voice)
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
Burke's Law
Joy Adams
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
The Hunger
Helen Sloan
The Hitchhiker
Jane Reynolds
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
The Mod Squad
Claire Allen
Superman II
Lois Lane
Maverick
Margret Mary (uncredited)
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Zazel
Real Gangsters
Stella Kelly
Banacek
Linda Carsini
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
Rosie
Black Christmas Legacy
Self (archive footage)
Black Christmas
Barb
Nichols
Ruth
Sisters
Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
For God's Sake, Get Out!
Self
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lois Lane
Superman III
Lois Lane
The Box Collector
Beth
The Bounty Man
Mae
The Making of 'Superman III'
Self
The Neighborhood
Maggie
Chicks with Sticks
Edith Taymore
La Florida
Vivy Lamori
Halloween II
Barbara Collier
Boston Common
Cookie
Robson Arms
Tribulation
Eileen Canboro
A Quiet Day in Belfast
Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
Death 4 Told
Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
Some Kind of Hero
Toni Donovan
Nightmare Man
Lillian Hannibal
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
Self
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
The Dependables
Jean Dempsey
Delirious
Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
Universal Signs
Rose Callahan
Heartaches
Rita Harris
Gaily, Gaily
Adeline
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Marcia Curtis
The Annihilation of Fish
Mrs. Muldroone
Little Treasure
Margo
Common Ground
Mrs. Nelson
The Suicide Club
Gerry
The Amityville Horror
Kathy Lutz
Body of Evidence
Carol Dwyer
Miss Right
Juliette
One Woman's Courage
Stella Jenson
Angel Blade
Frida
White Room
Madelaine X
Bus Stop
Cherie
Amityville: An Origin Story
Self- Archive
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Lois Lane (archive footage)
Trenchcoat
Mickey Raymond
Beanstalk
Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
Willie & Phil
Jeannette Sutherland
Phantom 2040
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
Henry & Verlin
Mabel
Young Ivanhoe
Lady Margarite
Louisiana
Virginia Tregan
Suddenly Single
Jackie
Pygmalion
Eliza Doolittle
WindRunner
Sally 'Mom' Cima
Silent Cradle
Cindy Wilson
A Single Woman
Storyteller
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Solitaire (voice)
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Delilah Higgins
Adventures in Rainbow Country
Sportscar driver
Adventures in Rainbow Country
Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor)
92 in the Shade
Miranda
The Clown at Midnight
Ellen Gibby
To Catch a Killer
Rachel Grayson
The Dion Brothers
Margie
The Great Waldo Pepper
Maude
The Red Maple Leaf
Dr. Amanda Walker
Bloodknot
Evelyn
Cool Money
Peggy Comfort
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
Keeping Track
Mickey Tremaine
Shoot the Sun Down
The Woman from England
HENRi
Dr. Calvin
To Catch a Killer
Rachel Grayson
Calling the Shots
Self
I'll Be Seeing You
Frances Grolier
Speaking Our Peace
Narrator
The Pornographer
Irene
3 of a Kind
Claire
The Big Fat Stone
Madge
Shell Game
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
Vanishing Act
Chris Kenyon
Someone Is Watching
Sally Beckert
Matt's Chance
Mother Mable
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Sol
The Teddy Bears' Scare
Mrs. Jones (voice)
Something Evil Comes
Claudia
The Hi-Line
Laura Johnson
The Glitter Dome
Willie
Ozma of Oz
Narrator
Robber's Roost
Never Met Picasso
Genna Magnus
The Planet of Junior Brown
Miss Peebs
Society's Child
Joan
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Narrator
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Rebecca Madison
Martinis and Murder
The Last Sign
Endora
Servitude
Mrs. Crank
No Deposit
Margie Ryan
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Self
Mob Story
Dolores
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
Dorothy M. Johnson
Honky Tonk
Lucy Cotton
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Marlys Baptiste
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
The Canadian Conspiracy
Self
The Emerald City of Oz
Narrator
Picking Up the Pieces
Lynette Harding
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Sarina's Song
Maggie
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self