Margot Kidder
104 movies · 27 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 17, 1948
- Died
- May 13, 2018 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Also known as
- 瑪歌潔泰 · Margaret Ruth Kidder · マーゴット・キダー
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).
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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.
Margot passed away at her home in Livingston, Montana, at the age of 69. Her death was ruled a suicide due to a self-inflicted drug and alcohol overdose.
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Known for
Margot Kidder: movies and TV shows
Acting (131)
- Upcoming
- 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
- 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 Servitude
as Mrs. Crank
- 2012 3 of a Kind
as Claire
- 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)
- 2010
- 2009
- 2009 Something Evil Comes
as Claudia
- 2009 Halloween II
as Barbara Collier
- 2008 A Single Woman
as Storyteller
- 2008 The Box Collector
as Beth
- 2008
- 2008 Universal Signs
as Rose Callahan
- 2006 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Lois Lane
- 2006
- 2005 Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
as Dorothy M. Johnson
- 2005 Chicks with Sticks
as Edith Taymore
- 2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
- 2005
- 2005 The Last Sign
as Endora
- 2005 Cool Money
as Peggy Comfort
- 2004 Death 4 Told
as Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
- 2004 I'll Be Seeing You
as Frances Grolier
- 2004
- 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
- 2000 The Hi-Line
as Laura Johnson
- 2000 Someone Is Watching
as Sally Beckert
- 2000 Common Ground
as Mrs. Nelson
- 2000 Tribulation
as Eileen Canboro
- 1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as (archive footage)
- 1999
- 1999 The Annihilation of Fish
as Mrs. Muldroone
- 1999 Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
as Melanie Kelly
- 1999 The Clown at Midnight
as Ellen Gibby
- 1999 Nightmare Man
as Lillian Hannibal
- 1998 The Teddy Bears' Scare
as Mrs. Jones (voice)
- 1997 Never Met Picasso
as Genna Magnus
- 1997
- 1997 The Planet of Junior Brown
as Miss Peebs
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Silent Cradle
as Cindy Wilson
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995 Young Ivanhoe
as Lady Margarite
- 1995 Bloodknot
as Evelyn
- 1995
- 1994 Beanstalk
as Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
- 1994 Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
as Rebecca Madison
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 WindRunner
as Sally 'Mom' Cima
- 1994 Maverick
as Margret Mary (uncredited)
- 1994 One Woman's Courage
as Stella Jenson
- 1994 The Pornographer
as Irene
- 1994 Henry & Verlin
as Mabel
- 1994
- 1993 La Florida
as Vivy Lamori
- 1992 To Catch a Killer
as Rachel Grayson
- 1992
- 1991 Delirious
as Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
- 1990
- 1990 White Room
as Madelaine X
- 1989 Mob Story
as Dolores
- 1989
- 1988 Body of Evidence
as Carol Dwyer
- 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lois Lane
- 1987 Keeping Track
as Mickey Tremaine
- 1987
- 1987 The Emerald City of Oz
as Narrator
- 1987 Ozma of Oz
as Narrator
- 1987 The Marvelous Land of Oz
as Narrator
- 1987 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Narrator
- 1986 Vanishing Act
as Chris Kenyon
- 1986 GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
as Solitaire (voice)
- 1985 Picking Up the Pieces
as Lynette Harding
- 1985 Little Treasure
as Margo
- 1985 Speaking Our Peace
as Narrator
- 1984 The Glitter Dome
as Willie
- 1984
- 1984 Louisiana
as Virginia Tregan
- 1983 Pygmalion
as Eliza Doolittle
- 1983
- 1983 The Making of 'Superman II'
as Lois Lane (uncredited)
- 1983 Superman III
as Lois Lane
- 1983 Trenchcoat
as Mickey Raymond
- 1982 Bus Stop
as Cherie
- 1982 Some Kind of Hero
as Toni Donovan
- 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
- 1978 Superman
as Lois Lane
- 1978 Shoot the Sun Down
as The Woman from England
- 1975
- 1975 92 in the Shade
as Miranda
- 1975 The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
as Marcia Curtis
- 1975 The Great Waldo Pepper
as Maude
- 1974 Black Christmas
as Barb
- 1974 The Dion Brothers
as Margie
- 1974 A Quiet Day in Belfast
as Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
- 1974 Honky Tonk
as Lucy Cotton
- 1973 Sisters
as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
- 1973 Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
as Helen
- 1973 The Suicide Club
as Gerry
- 1973
- 1972 The Bounty Man
as Mae
- 1972
- 1971 Suddenly Single
as Jackie
- 1971
- 1970 Adventures in Rainbow Country · TV
as Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor) / Sportscar driver · 2 episodes
- 1970
- 1969 Gaily, Gaily
as Adeline
- 1969
- 1968
Behind the camera (1)
- 1983 Pygmalion
Co-Producer
Talk shows and appearances (26)
- 2023 Amityville: An Origin Story
4 episodes
- 2015
- 2008
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003
- 2001
- 2001
- 1993 Intimate Portrait
1 episode
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1982
- 1979
- 1978 Ciné regards
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1 episode
- 1974 Am laufenden Band
1 episode
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode