Margot Kidder
Known for
A Canadian actress of warm smile and independent spirit, Margot Kidder was etched into collective memory as reporter Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve's Superman. Her Lois, witty, brave and somewhat disaster-prone, defined the character for an entire generation across four films. Earlier she had stood out in horror cinema with the unsettling 'Black Christmas' and in Brian De Palma's thriller 'Sisters'. She died in 2018, remembered as much for her on-screen charisma as for her courageous personal activism.
Margot Kidder
74 Movies
20 Series
A Canadian actress of warm smile and independent spirit, Margot Kidder was etched into collective memory as reporter Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve's Superman. Her Lois, witty, brave and somewhat disaster-prone, defined the character for an entire generation across four films. Earlier she had stood out in horror cinema with the unsettling 'Black Christmas' and in Brian De Palma's thriller 'Sisters'. She died in 2018, remembered as much for her on-screen charisma as for her courageous personal activism.
Movies
Plays Lois Lane
Superman
1978
Plays Lois Lane
Superman II
1980
Plays Lois Lane
Superman III
1983
Plays Lois Lane
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Plays Barbara Collier
Halloween II
2009
Plays Kathy Lutz
The Amityville Horror
1979
Plays Barb
Black Christmas
1974
Plays Lois Lane
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
Plays Stella Kelly
Real Gangsters
2013
Plays Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
Sisters
1973
Plays Eileen Canboro
Tribulation
2000
Plays Maude
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
Plays Frida
Angel Blade
2002
Plays Maggie
The Neighborhood
2017
Plays Dr. Amanda Walker
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
Plays Jeannette Sutherland
Willie & Phil
1980
Plays Sol
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
Plays Virginia Tregan
Louisiana
1984
Plays Madge
The Big Fat Stone
2014
Plays Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
Beanstalk
1994
Plays Delilah Higgins
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
2019
Plays Sally 'Mom' Cima
WindRunner
1994
Plays Jean Dempsey
The Dependables
2014
Plays Zazel
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
Plays Marlys Baptiste
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Plays Rebecca Madison
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
1994
Plays Claire
3 of a Kind
2012
Plays Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
Crime and Punishment
2002
Plays Beth
The Box Collector
2008
Plays Mickey Raymond
Trenchcoat
1983
Plays Marcia Curtis
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975
Plays Mrs. Muldroone
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
Plays Toni Donovan
Some Kind of Hero
1982
Plays Solitaire (voice)
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
Plays Rachel Grayson
To Catch a Killer
1992
Plays Dorothy
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
2008
Plays Dr. Calvin
HENRi
2013
Plays Miss Peebs
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
Plays Miranda
92 in the Shade
1975
Plays Ellen Gibby
The Clown at Midnight
1999
Plays Margie Ryan
No Deposit
2015
Plays Vivy Lamori
La Florida
1993
Plays The Woman from England
Shoot the Sun Down
1978
Plays Adeline
Gaily, Gaily
1969
Plays Laura Johnson
The Hi-Line
2000
Plays Claudia
Something Evil Comes
2009
Plays Juliette
Miss Right
1982
Plays Margo
Little Treasure
1985
Plays Storyteller
A Single Woman
2008
Plays Genna Magnus
Never Met Picasso
1997
TV Shows
Plays Ruth
Nichols
1971
Plays Cookie
Boston Common
1996
Plays Gaia (voice)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Plays Emily Craft
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Plays Bridgette Crosby
Smallville
2001
Plays Rachel Grayson
To Catch a Killer
1992
Plays Ellen Holden
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Plays Rita Lasky
Touched by an Angel
1994
Plays Cynthia
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Plays Andrea Morris
Switch
1975
Plays Jane Reynolds
The Hitchhiker
1983
Plays Serena
The Outer Limits
1995
Plays Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor)
Adventures in Rainbow Country
1970
Plays Helen Sloan
The Hunger
1997
Plays Joy Adams
Burke's Law
1994
Plays Mrs. Worthington
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
Plays Dr. Josephine Mataros
Earth: Final Conflict
1997
Plays Lori Wright
Barnaby Jones
1973
Plays Claire Allen
The Mod Squad
1968
Plays Linda Carsini
Banacek
1972
Latest Trailers
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Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Full Filmography
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Delilah Higgins
2019
Film
The Neighborhood
Maggie
2017
Film
The Red Maple Leaf
Dr. Amanda Walker
2017
Film
No Deposit
Margie Ryan
2015
Film
The Dependables
Jean Dempsey
2014
Film
The Big Fat Stone
Madge
2014
Film
Real Gangsters
Stella Kelly
2013
Film
HENRi
Dr. Calvin
2013
Film
Matt's Chance
Mother Mable
2013
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Margot Kidder still alive?
Margot Kidder passed away on May 13, 2018 at age 69.
What are the most famous roles of Margot Kidder?
Margot Kidder is best known for roles in Superman, Superman II, Superman III.
How many movies has Margot Kidder been in?
Over a 49-year career (since 1969), Margot Kidder has appeared in 71 movies and 20 TV shows.
What was Margot Kidder's first movie?
The career of Margot Kidder began with The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969).
What is Margot Kidder's most recent movie or series?
Margot Kidder's most recent release is Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed, which premiered on August 13, 2019.
What TV shows has Margot Kidder appeared in?
On television, Margot Kidder has appeared in Smallville, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Tales from the Crypt, The L Word.
Margot Kidder
1948-10-17 · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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.
Margot passed away at her home in Livingston, Montana, at the age of 69. Her death was ruled a suicide due to a self-inflicted drug and alcohol overdose.