Margot Kidder
Acting • Born 1948-10-17 – Died 2018-05-13
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.
Filmography
153 credits
Superman
Movie • 1978
Lois Lane
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie • 1987
Lois Lane
Sisters
Movie • 1973
Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
The Amityville Horror
Movie • 1979
Kathy Lutz
Halloween II
Movie • 2009
Barbara Collier
Superman II
Movie • 1980
Lois Lane
Superman III
Movie • 1983
Lois Lane
Maverick
Movie • 1994
Margret Mary (uncredited)
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Movie • 2008
Dorothy
Some Kind of Hero
Movie • 1982
Toni Donovan
92 in the Shade
Movie • 1975
Miranda
The Box Collector
Movie • 2008
Beth
Black Christmas
Movie • 1974
Barb
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Movie • 2003
Self
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Movie • 1979
Self
Ozma of Oz
Movie • 1987
Narrator
The Last Sign
Movie • 2005
Endora
To Catch a Killer
Movie • 1992
Rachel Grayson
Common Ground
Movie • 2000
Mrs. Nelson
The Great Waldo Pepper
Movie • 1975
Maude
The Pornographer
Movie • 1994
Irene
Angel Blade
Movie • 2002
Frida
Trenchcoat
Movie • 1983
Mickey Raymond
Black Christmas Legacy
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Tribulation
Movie • 2000
Eileen Canboro
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Movie • 1970
Zazel
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Movie • 1975
Marcia Curtis
Martinis and Murder
Movie • 2009
For God's Sake, Get Out!
Movie • 2005
Self
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Movie • 1994
Rebecca Madison
Crime and Punishment
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
Someone Is Watching
Movie • 2000
Sally Beckert
Chicks with Sticks
Movie • 2005
Edith Taymore
Pygmalion
Movie • 1983
Eliza Doolittle
Gaily, Gaily
Movie • 1969
Adeline
I'll Be Seeing You
Movie • 2004
Frances Grolier
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
Movie • 1969
Rosie
Louisiana
Movie • 1984
Virginia Tregan
Beanstalk
Movie • 1994
Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
Matt's Chance
Movie • 2013
Mother Mable
HENRi
Movie • 2013
Dr. Calvin
Shoot the Sun Down
Movie • 1978
The Woman from England
The Emerald City of Oz
Movie • 1987
Narrator
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Movie • 1987
Narrator
Young Ivanhoe
Movie • 1995
Lady Margarite
White Room
Movie • 1990
Madelaine X
Henry & Verlin
Movie • 1994
Mabel
Suddenly Single
Movie • 1971
Jackie
Keeping Track
Movie • 1987
Mickey Tremaine
Little Treasure
Movie • 1985
Margo
Cool Money
Movie • 2005
Peggy Comfort
Vanishing Act
Movie • 1986
Chris Kenyon
Silent Cradle
Movie • 1997
Cindy Wilson
La Florida
Movie • 1993
Vivy Lamori
The Dependables
Movie • 2014
Jean Dempsey
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Movie • 1987
Narrator
Miss Right
Movie • 1982
Juliette
WindRunner
Movie • 1994
Sally 'Mom' Cima
The Clown at Midnight
Movie • 1998
Ellen Gibby
Delirious
Movie • 1991
Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
The Planet of Junior Brown
Movie • 1997
Miss Peebs
Willie & Phil
Movie • 1980
Jeannette Sutherland
Real Gangsters
Movie • 2013
Stella Kelly
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Movie • 2005
Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
Movie • 1999
Melanie Kelly
The Annihilation of Fish
Movie • 1999
Mrs. Muldroone
Speaking Our Peace
Movie • 1985
Narrator
The Making of 'Superman III'
Movie • 1985
Self
3 of a Kind
Movie • 2012
Claire
Something Evil Comes
Movie • 2009
Claudia
Picking Up the Pieces
Movie • 1985
Lynette Harding
The Glitter Dome
Movie • 1984
Willie
Bloodknot
Movie • 1995
Evelyn
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Movie • 1987
Self
Heartaches
Movie • 1981
Rita Harris
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Movie • 1973
Helen
Sarina's Song
Movie • 2011
Maggie
The Big Fat Stone
Movie • 2014
Madge
No Deposit
Movie • 2015
Margie Ryan
Death 4 Told
Movie • 2004
Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
One Woman's Courage
Movie • 1994
Stella Jenson
The Teddy Bears' Scare
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Jones (voice)
The Hi-Line
Movie • 2000
Laura Johnson
Mob Story
Movie • 1989
Dolores
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Movie • 2008
Self
The Canadian Conspiracy
Movie • 1986
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Movie • 2001
Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Movie • 1982
Self
The Making of 'Superman II'
Movie • 1983
Lois Lane (uncredited)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Movie • 2001
Self
The Neighborhood
Movie • 2017
Maggie
The Dion Brothers
Movie • 1974
Margie
Society's Child
Movie • 2002
Joan
Never Met Picasso
Movie • 1997
Genna Magnus
The Bounty Man
Movie • 1972
Mae
A Quiet Day in Belfast
Movie • 1974
Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
A Single Woman
Movie • 2008
Storyteller
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Movie • 2006
Self
Universal Signs
Movie • 2008
Rose Callahan
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Movie • 2001
Lois Lane (archive footage)
The Suicide Club
Movie • 1973
Gerry
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Movie • 1986
Solitaire (voice)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Movie • 2006
Lois Lane
Servitude
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Crank
Body of Evidence
Movie • 1988
Carol Dwyer
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Movie • 1997
Sol
The Red Maple Leaf
Movie • 2017
Dr. Amanda Walker
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Movie • 2019
Delilah Higgins
Bus Stop
Movie • 1982
Cherie
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Movie • 2011
Marlys Baptiste
Calling the Shots
Movie • 1988
Self
Honky Tonk
Movie • 1974
Lucy Cotton
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
Movie • 2005
Dorothy M. Johnson
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
Movie • 2006
Self
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Movie • 2010
Lois Lane (archive footage)
Nightmare Man
Movie • 1999
Lillian Hannibal
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Movie • 2006
Self
Robber's Roost
Movie
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Ellen Holden
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Emily Craft
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Rita Lasky
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Cynthia
Phantom 2040
TV • 1994
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Grace Mayberry
The L Word
TV • 2004
Sandy Ziskin
Robson Arms
TV • 2005
Smallville
TV • 2001
Bridgette Crosby
Switch
TV • 1975
Andrea Morris
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
TV • 1996
Nichols
TV • 1971
Ruth
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Jane Reynolds
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Serena
Shell Game
TV • 1987
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Am laufenden Band
TV • 1974
Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV • 1990
Gaia (voice)
Adventures in Rainbow Country
TV • 1970
Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor)
Adventures in Rainbow Country
TV • 1970
Sportscar driver
The Hunger
TV • 1997
Helen Sloan
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Joy Adams
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
TV • 2010
Mrs. Worthington
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Earth: Final Conflict
TV • 1997
Dr. Josephine Mataros
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
To Catch a Killer
TV • 1992
Rachel Grayson
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Lori Wright
Boston Common
TV • 1996
Cookie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Claire Allen
Amityville: An Origin Story
TV • 2023
Self- Archive
Banacek
TV • 1972
Linda Carsini