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.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Red Maple Leaf (2017) | Dr. Amanda Walker | - |
| 2 | HENRi (2013) | Dr. Calvin | - |
| 3 | Real Gangsters (2013) | Stella Kelly | - |
| 4 | Servitude (2012) | Mrs. Crank | 5 |
| 5 | Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010) | Lois Lane (archive footage) | 8.3 |
| 6 | Halloween II (2009) | Barbara Collier | 5.5 |
| 7 | The Box Collector (2008) | Beth | - |
| 8 | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) | Self | - |
| 9 | Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006) | Self | 9 |
| 10 | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) | Lois Lane | 7 |
| 11 | The Last Sign (2005) | Endora | 6 |
| 12 | I'll Be Seeing You (2004) | Frances Grolier | - |
| 13 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) | Self | - |
| 14 | Crime and Punishment (2002) | Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov | - |
| 15 | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes (2001) | Lois Lane (archive footage) | - |
| 16 | Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly (1999) | Melanie Kelly | - |
| 17 | The Clown at Midnight (1999) | Ellen Gibby | 5 |
| 18 | The Annihilation of Fish (1999) | Mrs. Muldroone | - |
| 19 | Silent Cradle (1997) | Cindy Wilson | - |
| 20 | Maverick (1994) | Margret Mary (uncredited) | 7.1 |
| 21 | To Catch a Killer (1992) | Rachel Grayson | 6 |
| 22 | Delirious (1991) | Woman in Washroom (uncredited) | 7 |
| 23 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) | Lois Lane | 4.6 |
| 24 | Vanishing Act (1986) | Chris Kenyon | 7 |
| 25 | Superman III (1983) | Lois Lane | 5.7 |
| 26 | Some Kind of Hero (1982) | Toni Donovan | - |
| 27 | Willie & Phil (1980) | Jeannette Sutherland | - |
| 28 | Superman II (1980) | Lois Lane | 7 |
| 29 | The Amityville Horror (1979) | Kathy Lutz | 6.8 |
| 30 | Shoot the Sun Down (1978) | The Woman from England | 5 |
| 31 | Superman (1978) | Lois Lane | 7.4 |
| 32 | The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) | Maude | 5 |
| 33 | Black Christmas (1974) | Barb | 7.8 |
| 34 | The Dion Brothers (1974) | Margie | 6 |
| 35 | Sisters (1973) | Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion | 8 |
