Margot Kidder
Acting
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.
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Delilah Higgins
The Neighborhood
Maggie
The Red Maple Leaf
Dr. Amanda Walker
Black Christmas Legacy
Self (archive footage)
No Deposit
Margie Ryan
The Dependables
Jean Dempsey
The Big Fat Stone
Madge
Real Gangsters
Stella Kelly
HENRi
Dr. Calvin
Matt's Chance
Mother Mable
Servitude
Mrs. Crank
3 of a Kind
Claire
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Marlys Baptiste
Sarina's Song
Maggie
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Lois Lane (archive footage)
Martinis and Murder
Something Evil Comes
Claudia
Halloween II
Barbara Collier
A Single Woman
Storyteller
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
The Box Collector
Beth
Universal Signs
Rose Callahan
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Dorothy
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lois Lane
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
Dorothy M. Johnson
Chicks with Sticks
Edith Taymore
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
The Last Sign
Endora
For God's Sake, Get Out!
Self
Cool Money
Peggy Comfort
Death 4 Told
Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
I'll Be Seeing You
Frances Grolier
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
Angel Blade
Frida
Society's Child
Joan
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lois Lane (archive footage)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
The Hi-Line
Laura Johnson
Someone Is Watching
Sally Beckert
Common Ground
Mrs. Nelson
Tribulation
Eileen Canboro
The Annihilation of Fish
Mrs. Muldroone
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
Melanie Kelly
The Clown at Midnight
Ellen Gibby
Nightmare Man
Lillian Hannibal
The Teddy Bears' Scare
Mrs. Jones (voice)
Never Met Picasso
Genna Magnus
The Planet of Junior Brown
Miss Peebs
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Sol
Silent Cradle
Cindy Wilson
Young Ivanhoe
Lady Margarite
Bloodknot
Evelyn
Beanstalk
Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Rebecca Madison
WindRunner
Sally 'Mom' Cima
Maverick
Margret Mary (uncredited)
One Woman's Courage
Stella Jenson
The Pornographer
Irene
Henry & Verlin
Mabel
La Florida
Vivy Lamori
To Catch a Killer
Rachel Grayson
Delirious
Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
White Room
Madelaine X
Mob Story
Dolores
Calling the Shots
Self
Body of Evidence
Carol Dwyer
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lois Lane
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
Keeping Track
Mickey Tremaine
The Emerald City of Oz
Narrator
Ozma of Oz
Narrator
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Narrator
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
The Canadian Conspiracy
Self
Vanishing Act
Chris Kenyon
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Solitaire (voice)
Picking Up the Pieces
Lynette Harding
The Making of 'Superman III'
Self
Little Treasure
Margo
Speaking Our Peace
Narrator
The Glitter Dome
Willie
Louisiana
Virginia Tregan
Pygmalion
Eliza Doolittle
The Making of 'Superman II'
Lois Lane (uncredited)
Superman III
Lois Lane
Trenchcoat
Mickey Raymond
Bus Stop
Cherie
Some Kind of Hero
Toni Donovan
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Miss Right
Juliette
Heartaches
Rita Harris
Superman II
Lois Lane
Willie & Phil
Jeannette Sutherland
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Self
The Amityville Horror
Kathy Lutz
Superman
Lois Lane
Shoot the Sun Down
The Woman from England
92 in the Shade
Miranda
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Marcia Curtis
The Great Waldo Pepper
Maude
Black Christmas
Barb
The Dion Brothers
Margie
A Quiet Day in Belfast
Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
Honky Tonk
Lucy Cotton
Sisters
Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Helen
The Suicide Club
Gerry
The Bounty Man
Mae
Suddenly Single
Jackie
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Zazel
Gaily, Gaily
Adeline
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
Rosie