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