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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margot Kidder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2025 · The Annihilation of Fish as Mrs. Muldroone
- 2019 · Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed as Delilah Higgins
- 2017 · The Neighborhood as Maggie
- 2017 · The Red Maple Leaf as Dr. Amanda Walker
- 2015 · Black Christmas Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · No Deposit as Margie Ryan
- 2014 · Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Pride of Lions as Jean Dempsey
- 2014 · The Big Fat Stone as Madge
- 2013 · Real Gangsters as Stella Kelly
- 2013 · HENRi as Dr. Calvin
- 2013 · Matt's Chance as Mother Mable
- 2012 · Servitude as Mrs. Crank
- 2012 · 3 of a Kind as Claire
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Marlys Baptiste
- 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 as Mrs. Worthington
- 2009 · Martinis and Murder as
- 2009 · Something Evil Comes as Claudia
- 2009 · Halloween II as Barbara Collier
- 2008 · A Single Woman as Storyteller
- 2008 · You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self
- 2008 · The Box Collector as Beth
- 2008 · On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery as Dorothy
- 2008 · Universal Signs as Rose Callahan
- 2006 · The 12 Days of Black Christmas as Self
- 2006 · You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman as Self
- 2006 · Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as Lois Lane
- 2006 · Brothers and Sisters as Emily Craft
- 2006 · Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman as Self
- 2005 · Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye as Dorothy M. Johnson
- 2005 · Chicks with Sticks as Edith Taymore
- 2005 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd as Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
- 2005 · Robson Arms as
- 2005 · The Last Sign as Endora
- 2005 · For God's Sake, Get Out! as Self
- 2005 · Cool Money as Peggy Comfort
- 2004 · Death 4 Told as Madam Badeau
- 2004 · I'll Be Seeing You as Frances Grolier
- 2004 · The L Word as Sandy Ziskin
- 2003 · Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- 2002 · Crime and Punishment as Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
- 2002 · Angel Blade as Frida
- 2002 · Society's Child as Joan
- 2001 · Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Lois Lane (archive footage)
- 2001 · Smallville as Bridgette Crosby
- 2001 · Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' as Self
- 2001 · Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend as Self
- 2000 · The Hi-Line as Laura Johnson
- 2000 · Someone Is Watching as Sally Beckert
- 2000 · Common Ground as Mrs. Nelson
- 2000 · Tribulation as Eileen Canboro
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Grace Mayberry
- 1999 · Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly as Melanie Kelly
- 1999 · Nightmare Man as Lillian Hannibal
- 1998 · The Teddy Bears' Scare as Mrs. Jones (voice)
- 1998 · The Clown at Midnight as Ellen Gibby
- 1997 · Earth: Final Conflict as Dr. Josephine Mataros
- 1997 · The Planet of Junior Brown as Miss Peebs
- 1997 · The Hunger as Helen Sloan
- 1997 · Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework as Sol
- 1997 · Silent Cradle as Cindy Wilson
- 1996 · Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as
- 1996 · Boston Common as Cookie
- 1996 · Never Met Picasso as Genna Magnus
- 1995 · Young Ivanhoe as Lady Margarite
- 1995 · Bloodknot as Evelyn
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Serena
- 1994 · Beanstalk as Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
- 1994 · Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks as Rebecca Madison
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Rita Lasky
- 1994 · Phantom 2040 as
- 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 as Joy Adams
- 1994 · Henry & Verlin as Mabel
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · La Florida as Vivy Lamori
- 1992 · To Catch a Killer as Rachel Grayson
- 1992 · To Catch a Killer as Rachel Grayson
- 1991 · Delirious as Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
- 1990 · Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Gaia (voice)
- 1990 · White Room as Madelaine X
- 1989 · Mob Story as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Cynthia
- 1988 · Calling the Shots as Self
- 1988 · Body of Evidence as Carol Dwyer
- 1987 · Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Lois Lane
- 1987 · The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
- 1987 · Keeping Track as Mickey Tremaine
- 1987 · Shell Game as
- 1987 · The Emerald City of Oz as Narrator
- 1987 · Ozma of Oz as Narrator
- 1987 · The Marvelous Land of Oz as Narrator
- 1987 · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Narrator
- 1986 · The Canadian Conspiracy as
- 1986 · Vanishing Act as Chris Kenyon
- 1986 · GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Solitaire (voice)
- 1985 · Picking Up the Pieces as Lynette Harding
- 1985 · The Making of 'Superman III' as Self
- 1985 · Little Treasure as Margo
- 1984 · The Glitter Dome as Willie
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Ellen Holden
- 1984 · Louisiana as Virginia Tregan
- 1983 · Pygmalion as Eliza Doolittle
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Jane Reynolds
- 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 · The Making of 'Superman II' as Lois Lane (uncredited)
- 1982 · Miss Right as Juliette
- 1981 · Heartaches as Rita Harris
- 1980 · Superman II as Lois Lane
- 1980 · Willie and Phil as Jeannette Sutherland
- 1980 · The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self
- 1979 · Mr. Mike's Mondo Video as Self
- 1979 · The Amityville Horror as Kathy Lutz
- 1978 · Superman as Lois Lane
- 1978 · Shoot the Sun Down as The Woman from England
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Switch as Andrea Morris
- 1975 · 92 in the Shade as Miranda
- 1975 · The Reincarnation of Peter Proud as Marcia Curtis
- 1975 · The Great Waldo Pepper as Maude
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · Black Christmas as Barb
- 1974 · The Dion Brothers as Margie
- 1974 · A Quiet Day in Belfast as Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
- 1974 · Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
- 1974 · Honky Tonk as Lucy Cotton
- 1973 · Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On as Helen
- 1973 · Sisters as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
- 1973 · The Suicide Club as Gerry
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Lori Wright
- 1972 · The Bounty Man as Mae
- 1971 · Suddenly Single as Jackie
- 1971 · Nichols as Ruth
- 1970 · Adventures in Rainbow Country as Sportscar driver
- 1970 · Adventures in Rainbow Country as Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor)
- 1970 · Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx as Zazel
- 1969 · Gaily, Gaily as Adeline
- 1969 · The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar as Rosie
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Future · Speaking Our Peace as Narrator