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Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder

Acting

Born October 17, 1948, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (26)
  • Amityville: An Origin Story — Self- Archive
  • 2015Black Christmas Legacy — Self (archive footage)
  • 2008You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — Self
  • 2006Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman — Self
  • 2006The 12 Days of Black Christmas — Self
  • 2006You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman — Self
  • 2005For God's Sake, Get Out! — Self
  • 2004Collectormania 6 — Self
  • 2003101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment — Self (archive footage)
  • 2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood — Self
  • 2001Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend — Self
  • 2001Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' — Self
  • Intimate Portrait — Self
  • 1988Calling the Shots — Self
  • 1987The Grand Knockout Tournament — Self
  • 1986The Canadian Conspiracy — Self
  • 1985The Making of 'Superman III' — Self
  • 1982The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' — Self
  • 1979Mr. Mike's Mondo Video — Self
  • Ciné regards — Self
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
  • Am laufenden Band — Self - Guest
  • Film '72 — Self
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
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