Margot Kidder
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.
Porsonal Info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-10-17
Place of birth
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Social Handle
7.2
Superman
1978-12-14
4.6
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987-07-24
6.7
Sisters
1973-03-26
6.3
The Amityville Horror
1979-07-27
5.3
Halloween II
2009-08-28
6.7
Superman II
1980-12-12
5.5
Superman III
1983-06-17
6.9
Maverick
1994-05-20
5.4
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
2008-01-01
5.5
Some Kind of Hero
1982-04-02
5.5
92 in the Shade
1975-08-22
3.4
The Box Collector
2008-02-01
6.9
Black Christmas
1974-10-11
7.1
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003-03-09
5.0
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979-09-20
0.0
Ozma of Oz
1987-01-03
3.4
The Last Sign
2005-05-31
6.7
To Catch a Killer
1992-05-15
4.7
Common Ground
2000-01-29
6.5
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975-03-13
0.0
The Pornographer
1994-01-22
2.9
Angel Blade
2002-02-10
5.7
Trenchcoat
1983-03-11
8.0
Black Christmas Legacy
2015-11-24
4.1
Tribulation
2000-01-14
4.2
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970-06-13
5.7
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975-04-25
2.0
Martinis and Murder
2009-10-16
6.0
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005-04-05
4.3
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
1994-11-24
5.0
Crime and Punishment
2002-06-01
3.7
Someone Is Watching
2000-02-20
4.6
Chicks with Sticks
2005-10-25
8.5
Pygmalion
1983-12-31
3.7
Gaily, Gaily
1969-12-16
4.7
I'll Be Seeing You
2004-05-01
6.0
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
1969-03-01
4.1
Louisiana
1984-01-25
5.0
Beanstalk
1994-12-21
3.0
Matt's Chance
2013-01-31
7.7
HENRi
2013-02-26
4.9
Shoot the Sun Down
1978-05-08
0.0
The Marvelous Land of Oz
1987-01-02
0.0
The Emerald City of Oz
1987-01-04
9.0
Young Ivanhoe
1995-11-10
4.4
White Room
1990-09-06
4.0
Henry & Verlin
1994-01-07
1.0
Suddenly Single
1971-10-19
4.5
Keeping Track
1987-01-30
3.8
Little Treasure
1985-05-01
5.6
Cool Money
2005-03-19
7.2
Vanishing Act
1986-05-04
6.5
Silent Cradle
1997-01-01
5.2
La Florida
1993-03-04
3.1
The Dependables
2014-06-03
4.7
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1987-01-01
2.3
Miss Right
1982-01-01
5.1
WindRunner
1994-06-01
4.4
The Clown at Midnight
1998-01-01
5.6
Delirious
1991-08-09
4.0
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997-09-06
4.1
Willie & Phil
1980-08-15
2.8
Real Gangsters
2013-06-01
8.2
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005-09-06
4.8
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
1999-03-16
6.3
The Annihilation of Fish
1999-09-12
0.0
Speaking Our Peace
1985-01-01
6.7
The Making of 'Superman III'
1985-08-26
4.3
3 of a Kind
2012-01-01
6.2
Something Evil Comes
2009-09-03
5.0
Picking Up the Pieces
1985-10-22
4.1
The Glitter Dome
1984-11-18
4.9
Bloodknot
1995-09-17
5.7
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987-06-19
5.3
Heartaches
1981-07-04
6.0
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973-03-11
3.0
Sarina's Song
2011-05-01
3.0
No Deposit
2015-04-24
3.2
The Big Fat Stone
2014-01-01
1.0
Death 4 Told
2004-05-13
1.0
One Woman's Courage
1994-02-27
0.0
The Teddy Bears' Scare
1998-10-07
5.2
The Hi-Line
2000-05-05
1.0
Mob Story
1989-11-24
8.5
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008-05-15
5.0
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986-06-08
7.8
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001-05-01
6.4
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982-01-24
7.6
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983-07-17
6.8
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001-05-01
3.2
The Neighborhood
2017-08-18
5.3
The Dion Brothers
1974-06-16
6.0
Society's Child
2002-01-01
3.8
Never Met Picasso
1997-11-28
5.5
The Bounty Man
1972-10-31
6.0
A Quiet Day in Belfast
1974-05-17
5.5
A Single Woman
2008-09-21
7.5
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006-06-12
5.0
Universal Signs
2008-01-01
6.9
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001-12-23
0.0
The Suicide Club
1973-02-13
6.2
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986-03-21
7.4
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006-11-02
4.7
Servitude
2012-03-30
5.0
Body of Evidence
1988-01-24
4.8
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997-01-01
4.3
The Red Maple Leaf
2017-02-24
7.6
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
2019-08-13
0.0
Bus Stop
1982-08-22
2.5
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011-10-16
0.0
Calling the Shots
1988-09-08
0.0
Honky Tonk
1974-04-01
0.0
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
2005-11-21
4.0
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
2006-12-05
6.9
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010-11-09
0.0
Nightmare Man
1999-01-01
6.0
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006-11-28
0.0
Robber's Roost
5.0
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003-07-18
0.0
Superman Redeemed
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