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.
152 acting credits
Acting · 152
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Smallville
2001
Saturday Night Live
1975
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Earth: Final Conflict
1997
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Outer Limits
1995
The L Word
2004
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Barnaby Jones
1973
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
The Hitchhiker
1983
Switch
1975
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
The Mod Squad
1968
Burke's Law
1994
The Hunger
1997
Banacek
1972
Nichols
1971
Superman
1978
Boston Common
1996
Robson Arms
2005
Superman II
1980
Maverick
1994
Phantom 2040
1994
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Superman III
1983
The Amityville Horror
1979
Halloween II
2009
Am laufenden Band
1974
Real Gangsters
2013
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
Amityville: An Origin Story
2023
Sisters
1973
Black Christmas
1974
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
2008
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
To Catch a Killer
1992
Delirious
1991
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
Adventures in Rainbow Country
1970
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975
Shell Game
1987
Crime and Punishment
2002
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
1999
Beanstalk
1994
Some Kind of Hero
1982
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
Common Ground
2000
92 in the Shade
1975
The Clown at Midnight
1999
Bloodknot
1995
La Florida
1993
To Catch a Killer
1992
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
No Deposit
2015
Tribulation
2000
Miss Right
1982
The Neighborhood
2017
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
The Last Sign
2005
The Making of 'Superman III'
1985
Angel Blade
2002
Gaily, Gaily
1969
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
The Dependables
2014
I'll Be Seeing You
2004
The Box Collector
2008
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
The Dion Brothers
1974
3 of a Kind
2012
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
1969
WindRunner
1994
Cool Money
2005
Servitude
2012
Louisiana
1984
Willie & Phil
1980
Vanishing Act
1986
One Woman's Courage
1994
Silent Cradle
1997
The Glitter Dome
1984
A Single Woman
2008
Matt's Chance
2013
The Hi-Line
2000
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
Chicks with Sticks
2005
Honky Tonk
1974
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973
HENRi
2013
Shoot the Sun Down
1978
The Bounty Man
1972
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1987
Mob Story
1989
White Room
1990
Bus Stop
1982
Trenchcoat
1983
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
2019
Little Treasure
1985
Society's Child
2002
Heartaches
1981
Universal Signs
2008
Keeping Track
1987
Something Evil Comes
2009
Someone Is Watching
2000
Calling the Shots
1988
Henry & Verlin
1994
The Marvelous Land of Oz
1987
Young Ivanhoe
1995
Suddenly Single
1971
Martinis and Murder
2009
Never Met Picasso
1997
Ozma of Oz
1987
Black Christmas Legacy
2015
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
1994
Body of Evidence
1988
Pygmalion
1983
Nightmare Man
1999
The Emerald City of Oz
1987
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
The Pornographer
1994
Speaking Our Peace
1985
Death 4 Told
2004
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
2005
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
2006
The Teddy Bears' Scare
1998
Sarina's Song
2011
Picking Up the Pieces
1985
The Big Fat Stone
2014
The Suicide Club
1973
A Quiet Day in Belfast
1974
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005
Robber's Roost
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