Margot Kidder
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-10-17
Place of Birth
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Margot Kidder
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). 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.
Also Known For
Superman
Dec 14, 1978
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Jul 24, 1987
Sisters
Mar 26, 1973
The Amityville Horror
Jul 27, 1979
Halloween II
Aug 28, 2009
Superman II
Dec 12, 1980
Superman III
Jun 17, 1983
Maverick
May 20, 1994
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Jan 01, 2008
Some Kind of Hero
Apr 02, 1982
92 in the Shade
Aug 22, 1975
The Box Collector
Feb 01, 2008
Black Christmas
Oct 11, 1974
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Mar 09, 2003
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Sep 20, 1979
Ozma of Oz
Jan 03, 1987
The Last Sign
May 31, 2005
To Catch a Killer
May 15, 1992
Common Ground
Jan 29, 2000
The Great Waldo Pepper
Mar 13, 1975
The Pornographer
Jan 22, 1994
Angel Blade
Feb 10, 2002
Trenchcoat
Mar 11, 1983
Black Christmas Legacy
Nov 24, 2015
Tribulation
Jan 14, 2000
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Jun 13, 1970
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Apr 25, 1975
Martinis and Murder
Oct 16, 2009
For God's Sake, Get Out!
Apr 05, 2005
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Nov 24, 1994
Crime and Punishment
Jun 01, 2002
Someone Is Watching
Feb 20, 2000
Chicks with Sticks
Oct 25, 2005
Pygmalion
Dec 31, 1983
Gaily, Gaily
Dec 16, 1969
I'll Be Seeing You
May 01, 2004
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
Mar 01, 1969
Louisiana
Jan 25, 1984
Beanstalk
Dec 21, 1994
Matt's Chance
Jan 31, 2013
HENRi
Feb 26, 2013
Shoot the Sun Down
May 08, 1978
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Jan 02, 1987
The Emerald City of Oz
Jan 04, 1987
Young Ivanhoe
Nov 10, 1995
White Room
Sep 06, 1990
Henry & Verlin
Jan 07, 1994
Suddenly Single
Oct 19, 1971
Keeping Track
Jan 30, 1987
Little Treasure
May 01, 1985
Cool Money
Mar 19, 2005
Vanishing Act
May 04, 1986
Silent Cradle
Jan 01, 1997
La Florida
Mar 04, 1993
The Dependables
Jun 03, 2014
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Jan 01, 1987
Miss Right
Jan 01, 1982
WindRunner
Jun 01, 1994
The Clown at Midnight
Jan 01, 1998
Delirious
Aug 09, 1991
The Planet of Junior Brown
Sep 06, 1997
Willie & Phil
Aug 15, 1980
Real Gangsters
Jun 01, 2013
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Sep 06, 2005
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
Mar 16, 1999
The Annihilation of Fish
Sep 12, 1999
Speaking Our Peace
Jan 01, 1985
The Making of 'Superman III'
Aug 26, 1985
3 of a Kind
Jan 01, 2012
Something Evil Comes
Sep 03, 2009
Picking Up the Pieces
Oct 22, 1985
The Glitter Dome
Nov 18, 1984
Bloodknot
Sep 17, 1995
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Jun 19, 1987
Heartaches
Jul 04, 1981
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Mar 11, 1973
Sarina's Song
May 01, 2011
No Deposit
Apr 24, 2015
The Big Fat Stone
Jan 01, 2014
Death 4 Told
May 13, 2004
One Woman's Courage
Feb 27, 1994
The Teddy Bears' Scare
Oct 07, 1998
The Hi-Line
May 05, 2000
Mob Story
Nov 24, 1989
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
May 15, 2008
The Canadian Conspiracy
Jun 08, 1986
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
May 01, 2001
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Jan 24, 1982
The Making of 'Superman II'
Jul 17, 1983
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
May 01, 2001
The Neighborhood
Aug 18, 2017
The Dion Brothers
Jun 16, 1974
Society's Child
Jan 01, 2002
Never Met Picasso
Jan 01, 1996
The Bounty Man
Oct 31, 1972
A Quiet Day in Belfast
May 17, 1974
A Single Woman
Sep 21, 2008
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Jun 12, 2006
Universal Signs
Jan 01, 2008
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Dec 23, 2001
The Suicide Club
Feb 13, 1973
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Mar 21, 1986
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Nov 02, 2006
Servitude
Mar 30, 2012
Body of Evidence
Jan 24, 1988
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Jan 01, 1997
The Red Maple Leaf
Feb 24, 2017
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Aug 13, 2019
Bus Stop
Aug 22, 1982
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Oct 16, 2011
Calling the Shots
Sep 08, 1988
Honky Tonk
Apr 01, 1974
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
Nov 21, 2005
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
Dec 05, 2006
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Nov 09, 2010
Nightmare Man
Jan 01, 1999
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Nov 28, 2006
Robber's Roost
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Jul 18, 2003
Superman Redeemed
Murder, She Wrote
Sep 30, 1984
Brothers and Sisters
Sep 24, 2006
Touched by an Angel
Sep 21, 1994
Tales from the Crypt
Jun 10, 1989
Phantom 2040
Sep 18, 1994
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sep 20, 1999
The L Word
Jan 18, 2004
Robson Arms
Jun 17, 2005
Smallville
Oct 16, 2001
Switch
Sep 09, 1975
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Sep 28, 1996
Nichols
Sep 16, 1971
The Hitchhiker
Nov 23, 1983
The Outer Limits
Mar 26, 1995
Shell Game
Jan 08, 1987
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Am laufenden Band
Apr 27, 1974
Intimate Portrait
Nov 14, 1993
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Sep 15, 1990
Adventures in Rainbow Country
Sep 20, 1970
Adventures in Rainbow Country
Sep 20, 1970
The Hunger
Jul 20, 1997
Burke's Law
Jan 07, 1994
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Oct 29, 2010
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Jan 12, 1975
Earth: Final Conflict
Oct 06, 1997
The Dick Cavett Show
Jun 06, 1968
To Catch a Killer
Jan 05, 1992
Barnaby Jones
Jan 28, 1973
Boston Common
Mar 21, 1996
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
The Mod Squad
Sep 24, 1968
Amityville: An Origin Story
Apr 23, 2023
