
Margot Kidder
Known for ActingBorn 1948-10-17Died 2018-05-13Yellowknife, 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Speaking Our Peace
1985 · Movie
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Bus Stop
1982 · Movie
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The Pornographer
1994 · Movie
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Calling the Shots
1988 · Movie
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008 · Movie
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Pygmalion
1983 · Movie
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R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010 · Series
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 · Movie
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Smallville
2001 · Series
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Banacek
1972 · Series
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Black Christmas Legacy
2015 · Movie
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Nightmare Man
1999 · Movie
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Young Ivanhoe
1995 · Movie
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
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Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
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HENRi
2013 · Movie
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Honky Tonk
1974 · Movie
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The L Word
2004 · Series
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Amityville: An Origin Story
2023 · Series
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Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006 · Movie
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The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001 · Movie
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Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
2019 · Movie
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The Making of 'Superman II'
1983 · Movie
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006 · Movie
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Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
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The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
1969 · Movie
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To Catch a Killer
1992 · Series
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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001 · Movie
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Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Series
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Movie
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Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
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Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010 · Movie
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
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Vanishing Act
1986 · Movie
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Boston Common
1996 · Series
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Superman
1978 · Movie
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Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001 · Movie
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Body of Evidence
1988 · Movie
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Ozma of Oz
1987 · Movie
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The Emerald City of Oz
1987 · Movie
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The Marvelous Land of Oz
1987 · Movie
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Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996 · Series
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Maverick
1994 · Movie
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · Series
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Earth: Final Conflict
1997 · Series
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Am laufenden Band
1974 · Series
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Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series