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. 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.
118 movies · 35 shows
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
2019·7.3
The Neighborhood
2017·3.2
The Red Maple Leaf
2017·4.3
Black Christmas Legacy
2015·8.0
No Deposit
2015·3.0
The Dependables
2014·3.1
The Big Fat Stone
2014·3.2
Real Gangsters
2013·2.8
HENRi
2013·7.7
Matt's Chance
2013·3.0
Servitude
2012·4.7
3 of a Kind
2012·4.5
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011·4.5
Sarina's Song
2011·3.0
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010·7.0
Martinis and Murder
2009·3.0
Something Evil Comes
2009·6.2
Halloween II
2009·5.3
A Single Woman
2008·5.5
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008·8.5
The Box Collector
2008·3.4
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
2008·5.4
Universal Signs
2008·6.5
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
2006·4.0
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006·6.0
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006·7.4
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006·7.6
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
2005·0.0
Chicks with Sticks
2005·5.1
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005·8.1
The Last Sign
2005·3.6
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005·6.5
Cool Money
2005·6.2
Death 4 Told
2004·4.0
I'll Be Seeing You
2004·5.2
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003·5.0
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003·7.1
Crime and Punishment
2002·5.2
Angel Blade
2002·3.7
Society's Child
2002·6.5
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001·6.9
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001·7.6
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001·7.2
The Hi-Line
2000·5.5
Someone Is Watching
2000·4.4
Common Ground
2000·5.0
Tribulation
2000·4.6
The Annihilation of Fish
1999·6.4
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
1999·5.0
The Clown at Midnight
1999·4.5
Nightmare Man
1999·8.0
The Teddy Bears' Scare
1998·0.0
Never Met Picasso
1997·4.7
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997·4.5
Silent Cradle
1997·6.8
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997·5.8
Young Ivanhoe
1995·8.0
Bloodknot
1995·5.3
Beanstalk
1994·5.2
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
1994·3.8
WindRunner
1994·5.6
Maverick
1994·6.9
One Woman's Courage
1994·5.5
The Pornographer
1994·9.0
Henry & Verlin
1994·6.0
La Florida
1993·5.8
To Catch a Killer
1992·6.8
Delirious
1991·5.7
White Room
1990·5.7
Mob Story
1989·5.5
Calling the Shots
1988·9.0
Body of Evidence
1988·7.0
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987·4.6
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987·6.8
Keeping Track
1987·4.9
The Emerald City of Oz
1987·7.0
Ozma of Oz
1987·7.0
The Marvelous Land of Oz
1987·7.0
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1987·5.8
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986·5.5
Vanishing Act
1986·7.1
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986·7.4
Picking Up the Pieces
1985·5.0
The Making of 'Superman III'
1985·6.8
Little Treasure
1985·4.4
Speaking Our Peace
1985·10.0
The Glitter Dome
1984·4.5
Louisiana
1984·4.7
Pygmalion
1983·8.7
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983·7.6
Superman III
1983·5.5
Trenchcoat
1983·5.9
Bus Stop
1982·10.0
Some Kind of Hero
1982·5.6
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982·6.8
Miss Right
1982·4.3
Heartaches
1981·5.5
Superman II
1980·6.8
Willie & Phil
1980·4.6
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979·5.3
The Amityville Horror
1979·6.3
Superman
1978·7.2
Shoot the Sun Down
1978·5.1
92 in the Shade
1975·5.8
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975·5.8
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975·6.5
Black Christmas
1974·7.0
The Dion Brothers
1974·5.5
A Quiet Day in Belfast
1974·6.3
Honky Tonk
1974·8.0
Sisters
1973·6.7
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973·6.3
The Suicide Club
1973·0.0
The Bounty Man
1972·6.3
Suddenly Single
1971·4.5
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970·4.9
Gaily, Gaily
1969·4.3
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
1969·7.7