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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 17, 1948
Died
May 13, 2018
Place of Birth
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Also Known As
- 瑪歌潔泰
- Margaret Ruth Kidder
- マーゴット・キダー
Margot Kidder
1.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.5
Self- Archive
Amityville: An Origin Story
2023
7.6
Delilah Higgins
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
2019
3.2
Maggie
The Neighborhood
2017
4.3
Dr. Amanda Walker
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Black Christmas Legacy
2015
3.0
Margie Ryan
No Deposit
2015
3.1
Jean Dempsey
The Dependables
2014
3.2
Madge
The Big Fat Stone
2014
2.8
Stella Kelly
Real Gangsters
2013
7.7
Dr. Calvin
HENRi
2013
Credits
Amityville: An Origin Story
as Self- Archive
2023
7.5
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
as Delilah Higgins
2019
7.6
The Neighborhood
as Maggie
2017
3.2
The Red Maple Leaf
as Dr. Amanda Walker
2017
4.3
Black Christmas Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2015
8.0
No Deposit
as Margie Ryan
2015
3.0
The Dependables
as Jean Dempsey
2014
3.1
The Big Fat Stone
as Madge
2014
3.2
Real Gangsters
as Stella Kelly
2013
2.8
HENRi
as Dr. Calvin
2013
7.7
Matt's Chance
as Mother Mable
2013
3.0
Servitude
as Mrs. Crank
2012
4.7
3 of a Kind
as Claire
2012
4.3
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Marlys Baptiste
2011
2.5
🎬
Sarina's Song
as Maggie
2011
3.0
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
as Lois Lane (archive footage)
2010
6.9
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
as Mrs. Worthington
2010
8.2
Martinis and Murder
2009
2.0
Something Evil Comes
as Claudia
2009
6.2
Halloween II
as Barbara Collier
2009
5.3
A Single Woman
as Storyteller
2008
5.5
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self
2008
8.5
The Box Collector
as Beth
2008
3.4
Universal Signs
as Rose Callahan
2008
5.0
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
as Dorothy
2008
5.4
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
as Self
2006
4.0
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
as Self
2006
6.0
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Lois Lane
2006
7.4
Brothers and Sisters
as Emily Craft
2006
7.1
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
as Self
2006
7.5
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
as Dorothy M. Johnson
2005
0.0
Chicks with Sticks
as Edith Taymore
2005
4.6
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
2005
8.2
Robson Arms
2005
4.6
The Last Sign
as Endora
2005
3.4
For God's Sake, Get Out!
as Self
2005
6.0
Cool Money
as Peggy Comfort
2005
5.6
Death 4 Told
as Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
2004
1.0
I'll Be Seeing You
as Frances Grolier
2004
4.7
The L Word
as Sandy Ziskin
2004
7.6
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2003
5.0
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2003
7.1
Crime and Punishment
as Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
2002
5.0
Angel Blade
as Frida
2002
2.9
Society's Child
as Joan
2002
6.0
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Lois Lane (archive footage)
2001
6.9
Smallville
as Bridgette Crosby
2001
8.2
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
as Self
2001
6.8
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
as Self
2001
7.8
The Hi-Line
as Laura Johnson
2000
5.2
Someone Is Watching
as Sally Beckert
2000
3.7
Common Ground
as Mrs. Nelson
2000
4.7
Tribulation
as Eileen Canboro
2000
4.1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Grace Mayberry
1999
7.9
The Annihilation of Fish
as Mrs. Muldroone
1999
6.2
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
as Melanie Kelly
1999
4.8
Nightmare Man
as Lillian Hannibal
1999
0.0
The Teddy Bears' Scare
as Mrs. Jones (voice)
1998
0.0
The Clown at Midnight
as Ellen Gibby
1998
4.4
Never Met Picasso
as Genna Magnus
1997
3.8
Earth: Final Conflict
as Dr. Josephine Mataros
1997
6.8
The Planet of Junior Brown
as Miss Peebs
1997
4.0
The Hunger
as Helen Sloan
1997
5.9
Silent Cradle
as Cindy Wilson
1997
6.5
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
as Sol
1997
4.8
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
6.9
Boston Common
as Cookie
1996
6.9
Young Ivanhoe
as Lady Margarite
1995
9.0
Bloodknot
as Evelyn
1995
4.9
The Outer Limits
as Serena
1995
7.7
Beanstalk
as Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
1994
5.0
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
as Rebecca Madison
1994
4.3
Touched by an Angel
as Rita Lasky
1994
7.2
Phantom 2040
1994
5.8
WindRunner
as Sally 'Mom' Cima
1994
5.1
Maverick
as Margret Mary (uncredited)
1994
6.9
One Woman's Courage
as Stella Jenson
1994
1.0
The Pornographer
as Irene
1994
0.0
Burke's Law
as Joy Adams
1994
6.7
Henry & Verlin
as Mabel
1994
4.0
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
La Florida
as Vivy Lamori
1993
5.2
To Catch a Killer
as Rachel Grayson
1992
6.7
To Catch a Killer
as Rachel Grayson
1992
7.3
Delirious
as Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
1991
5.6
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Gaia (voice)
1990
6.8
White Room
as Madelaine X
1990
4.4
Mob Story
as Dolores
1989
1.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Cynthia
1989
8.0
Calling the Shots
as Self
1988
0.0
Body of Evidence
as Carol Dwyer
1988
5.0
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lois Lane
1987
4.6
🎬
The Grand Knockout Tournament
as Self
1987
5.7
Keeping Track
as Mickey Tremaine
1987
4.5
🎬
Shell Game
1987
5.0
The Emerald City of Oz
as Narrator
1987
0.0
Ozma of Oz
as Narrator
1987
0.0
The Marvelous Land of Oz
as Narrator
1987
0.0
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Narrator
1987
4.7
The Canadian Conspiracy
as Self
1986
5.0
Vanishing Act
as Chris Kenyon
1986
7.2
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
as Solitaire (voice)
1986
6.2
Picking Up the Pieces
as Lynette Harding
1985
5.0
The Making of 'Superman III'
as Self
1985
6.7
Little Treasure
as Margo
1985
3.8
Speaking Our Peace
as Narrator
1985
0.0
The Glitter Dome
as Willie
1984
4.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Ellen Holden
1984
7.5
Louisiana
as Virginia Tregan
1984
4.1
Pygmalion
as Eliza Doolittle
1983
8.5
The Hitchhiker
as Jane Reynolds
1983
6.1
The Making of 'Superman II'
as Lois Lane (uncredited)
1983
7.6
Superman III
as Lois Lane
1983
5.5
Trenchcoat
as Mickey Raymond
1983
5.7
Bus Stop
as Cherie
1982
0.0
Some Kind of Hero
as Toni Donovan
1982
5.5
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
1982
6.4
Miss Right
as Juliette
1982
2.3
Heartaches
as Rita Harris
1981
5.3
Superman II
as Lois Lane
1980
6.7
Willie & Phil
as Jeannette Sutherland
1980
4.1
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
as Self
1979
5.0
The Amityville Horror
as Kathy Lutz
1979
6.3
Superman
as Lois Lane
1978
7.2
Shoot the Sun Down
as The Woman from England
1978
4.9
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Switch
as Andrea Morris
1975
6.7
92 in the Shade
as Miranda
1975
5.5
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
as Marcia Curtis
1975
5.7
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Maude
1975
6.5
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Black Christmas
as Barb
1974
6.9
The Dion Brothers
as Margie
1974
5.3
A Quiet Day in Belfast
as Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
1974
6.0
Am laufenden Band
as Self - Guest
1974
6.5
Honky Tonk
as Lucy Cotton
1974
0.0
Sisters
as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
1973
6.7
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
as Helen
1973
8.0
The Suicide Club
as Gerry
1973
0.0
Barnaby Jones
as Lori Wright
1973
6.9
The Bounty Man
as Mae
1972
5.5
Banacek
as Linda Carsini
1972
8.6
Suddenly Single
as Jackie
1971
1.0
Nichols
as Ruth
1971
5.0
Adventures in Rainbow Country
as Sportscar driver
1970
5.5
Adventures in Rainbow Country
as Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor)
1970
5.5
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
as Zazel
1970
4.2
Gaily, Gaily
as Adeline
1969
3.7
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
as Rosie
1969
6.0
The Mod Squad
as Claire Allen
1968
6.2
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
🎬
Robber's Roost
N/A
0.0
Superman Redeemed
as Lois Lane
N/A
0.0