Margot Kidder
Acting
Born October 17, 1948 · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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.
Films (118)
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
2019
The Neighborhood
2017
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
Black Christmas Legacy
2015
No Deposit
2015
The Dependables
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
Sarina's Song
2011
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
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: A Donald Strachey Mystery
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
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
The Last Sign
2005
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005
Cool Money
2005
Death 4 Told
2004
I'll Be Seeing You
2004
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' 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
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
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
1999
Nightmare Man
1999
The Teddy Bears' Scare
1998
The Clown at Midnight
1998
Never Met Picasso
1997
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
Silent Cradle
1997
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
Young Ivanhoe
1995
Bloodknot
1995
Beanstalk
1994
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
1994
WindRunner
1994
Maverick
1994
One Woman's Courage
1994
The Pornographer
1994
Henry & Verlin
1994
La Florida
1993
To Catch a Killer
1992
Delirious
1991
White Room
1990
Mob Story
1989
Calling the Shots
1988
Body of Evidence
1988
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
Keeping Track
1987
The Emerald City of Oz
1987
Ozma of Oz
1987
The Marvelous Land of Oz
1987
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1987
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
Vanishing Act
1986
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
Picking Up the Pieces
1985
The Making of 'Superman III'
1985
Little Treasure
1985
Speaking Our Peace
1985
The Glitter Dome
1984
Louisiana
1984
Pygmalion
1983
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
Superman III
1983
Trenchcoat
1983
Bus Stop
1982
Some Kind of Hero
1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
Miss Right
1982
Heartaches
1981
Superman II
1980
Willie & Phil
1980
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
The Amityville Horror
1979
Superman
1978
Shoot the Sun Down
1978
92 in the Shade
1975
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
Black Christmas
1974
The Dion Brothers
1974
A Quiet Day in Belfast
1974
Honky Tonk
1974
Sisters
1973
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973
The Suicide Club
1973
The Bounty Man
1972
Suddenly Single
1971
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
Gaily, Gaily
1969
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
1969