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Margot Kidder

Actor, Producer
Born October 17, 1948Died May 13, 2018 (69 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Halloween II
  • Sisters
  • Earth: Final Conflict
  • 92 in the Shade
  • Someone Is Watching
  • Beanstalk
  • I'll Be Seeing You
  • Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
  • The Bounty Man
  • 3 of a Kind
  • Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
  • Something Evil Comes

Known For

  • Superman
  • Superman II
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
  • The Amityville Horror
  • Sisters
  • Black Christmas
  • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
  • Superman III
  • The Big Fat Stone
  • Real Gangsters
  • To Catch a Killer
  • Some Kind of Hero
  • The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
  • Matt's Chance
  • The Great Waldo Pepper
  • GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
  • Trenchcoat
  • Common Ground
  • The Clown at Midnight
  • The Last Sign
  • Death 4 Told
  • Little Treasure
  • Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
  • Nichols

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2022
    Milestone Generations · as Lois Lane
    2019
    Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed · as Delilah Higgins
    2017
    The Neighborhood · as Maggie
    2016
    The Red Maple Leaf · as Dr. Amanda Walker
    2015
    Elstree 1976 · as Lois Lane
    2015
    No Deposit · as Margie Ryan
    2014
    Pride of Lions · as Jean Dempsey
    2014
    The Big Fat Stone · as Madge
    2013
    Real Gangsters · as Stella Kelly
    2013
    Matt's Chance · as Mother Mable
    2012
    2011
    Servitude · as Mrs. Crank
    2011
    2011
    Sarina's Song · as Maggie
    2010
    Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics · as Lois Lane (archive Footage)
    2010
    R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series (TV Series) · as Mrs. Worthington
    2009
    2009
    2009
    Halloween II · as Barbara Collier
    2008
    A Single Woman · as Storyteller
    2008
    2008
    2008
    Universal Signs · as Rose Callahan
    2006
    2006
    Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) · as Emily Craft
    2005
    2005
    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd · as Mrs. Potter (archive Footage)
    2005
    Robson Arms (TV Series)
    2005
    Cool Money · as Peggy Comfort
    2005
    The Last Sign · as Endora
    2005
    2005
    2004
    Chicks with Sticks · as Edith Taymore
    2004
    Death 4 Told · as Madam Badeau
    2004
    I'll Be Seeing You · as Frances Grolier
    2004
    The L Word (TV Series) · as Sandy Ziskin
    2002
    Crime and Punishment · as Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
    2002
    Angel Blade · as Frida
    2002
    Society's Child · as Joan
    2001
    2001
    Smallville (TV Series) · as Bridgette Crosby
    2000
    The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (TV Series) · as Madame Soretski
    2000
    Someone Is Watching · as Sally Beckert
    2000
    Common Ground · as Mrs. Nelson
    2000
    Tribulation · as Eileen Canboro
    1999
    The Hi-Line · as Laura Johnson
    1999
    Amazon (TV Series) · as Morag
    1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Grace Mayberry
    1999
    The Annihilation of Fish · as Mrs. Muldroone
    1999
    The Return of Alex Kelly · as Melanie Kelly
    1999
    Nightmare Man · as Lillian Hannibal
    1998
    Made in Canada (TV Series) · as Dian Del Largo
    1998
    Mentors (TV Series) · as Queen Elizabeth I
    1998
    The Clown at Midnight · as Ellen Gibby
    1997
    1997
    Earth: Final Conflict (TV Series) · as Dr. Josephine Mataros
    1997
    The Hunger (TV Series) · as Helen Sloan
    1997
    La Femme Nikita (TV Series) · as Roberta
    1997
    1997
    Silent Cradle · as Cindy Wilson
    1996
    Henry & Verlin · as Mabel
    1996
    1996
    Boston Common (TV Series) · as Cookie
    1996
    Never Met Picasso · as Genna Magnus
    1995
    Bloodknot · as Evelyn
    1995
    Young Ivanhoe · as Lady Margarite
    1995
    The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Serena
    1994
    Beanstalk · as Doctor Kate 'doc' Winston
    1994
    Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV Series) · as Mistress Helga
    1994
    Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Rita Lasky
    1994
    Phantom 2040 (TV Series)
    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
    Burke's Law (1994) (TV Series) · as Joy Adams
    1993
    La Florida · as Vivy Lamori
    1992
    To Catch a Killer · as Rachel Grayson
    1992
    To Catch a Killer (TV Series) · as Rachel Grayson
    1991
    Delirious · as Woman In Washroom (uncredited)
    1990
    White Room · as Madelaine X
    1990
    The Adventures of the Black Stallion (TV Series) · as Chris Avery
    1990
    Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series) · as Gaia (voice)
    1989
    1989
    Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Cynthia
    1988
    Body of Evidence · as Carol Dwyer
    1987
    1987
    1987
    Street Legal (TV Series) · as Charlotte Percy
    1987
    The Emerald City of Oz · as Narrator
    1987
    Ozma of Oz · as Narrator
    1987
    1986
    Keeping Track · as Mickey Tremaine
    1986
    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (TV Series) · as Narrator
    1986
    1986
    Vanishing Act · as Chris Kenyon
    1986
    GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords · as Solitaire (voice)
    1986
    The Best of Dan Aykroyd · as Miss Potter
    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
    Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Ellen Holden
    1984
    Louisiane · as Virginia Tregan
    1983
    The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Jane Reynolds
    1983
    Pygmalion · as Eliza Doolittle
    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
    1982
    The Making of 'Superman II' · as Lois Lane (uncredited)
    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
    1975
    Switch (TV Series) · as Andrea Morris
    1975
    Baretta (TV Series) · as Terry Lake
    1975
    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
    Harry O (TV Series) · as Helen
    1973
    Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Lori Wright
    1973
    Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Gerry
    1972
    Sisters · as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
    1972
    1972
    Banacek (TV Series) · as Linda Carsini
    1971
    Suddenly Single · as Jackie
    1971
    Nichols (TV Series) · as Ruth
    1970
    1969
    Adventures in Rainbow Country (TV Series) · as Sportscar Driver
    1969
    Gaily, Gaily · as Adeline
    1969
    1968
    The Mod Squad (TV Series)
    1966
    Wojeck (TV Series) · as Lynn

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