Margot Kidder
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
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.
Born
Oct 17, 1948
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Died
May 13, 2018
Known For
Acting
Movies
120 acting
1 crew
Popularity
1.2
Known For
Superman
1978
as Lois Lane
Superman II
1980
as Lois Lane
Maverick
1994
as Margret Mary (uncredited)
Halloween II
2009
as Barbara Collier
Superman III
1983
as Lois Lane
The Amityville Horror
1979
as Kathy Lutz
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Lois Lane
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Lois Lane
Black Christmas
1974
as Barb
Delirious
1991
as Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
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