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Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder

Actor · Born 1948-10-17 · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

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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 Amit…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Smallville (2001) — Bridgette Crosby
  2. Superman (1978) — Lois Lane
  3. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Grace Mayberry
  4. Superman II (1980) — Lois Lane
  5. Superman III (1983) — Lois Lane
  6. Maverick (1994) — Margret Mary (uncredited)
  7. Halloween II (2009) — Barbara Collier
  8. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) — Lois Lane
  9. The Amityville Horror (1979) — Kathy Lutz
  10. Tales from the Crypt (1989) — Cynthia
  11. Black Christmas (1974) — Barb
  12. The L Word (2004) — Sandy Ziskin
  13. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  14. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Ellen Holden
  15. Sisters (1973) — Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
  16. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) — Lois Lane
  17. Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) — Gaia (voice)
  18. The Outer Limits (1995) — Serena
  19. R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010) — Mrs. Worthington
  20. Brothers and Sisters (2006) — Emily Craft
  21. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Rita Lasky
  22. Delirious (1991) — Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
  23. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) — Maude
  24. Earth: Final Conflict (1997) — Dr. Josephine Mataros
  25. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  26. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) — Self
  27. To Catch a Killer (1992) — Rachel Grayson
  28. The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) — Marcia Curtis
  29. Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes (2001) — Lois Lane (archive footage)
  30. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010) — Lois Lane (archive footage)
  31. Some Kind of Hero (1982) — Toni Donovan
  32. The Hunger (1997) — Helen Sloan
  33. The Clown at Midnight (1999) — Ellen Gibby
  34. Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996)
  35. Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly (1999) — Melanie Kelly
  36. The Hitchhiker (1983) — Jane Reynolds
  37. Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006) — Self
  38. Barnaby Jones (1973) — Lori Wright
  39. Amityville: An Origin Story (2023) — Self- Archive
  40. The Last Sign (2005) — Endora