Margot Kidder
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.
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Acted in
The Annihilation of Fish
2025
as Mrs. Muldroone
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
2019
as Delilah Higgins
The Neighborhood
2017
as Maggie
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
as Dr. Amanda Walker
Black Christmas Legacy
2015
as Self (archive footage)
No Deposit
2015
as Margie Ryan
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Pride of Lions
2014
as Jean Dempsey
The Big Fat Stone
2014
as Madge
Real Gangsters
2013
as Stella Kelly
HENRi
2013
as Dr. Calvin
Matt's Chance
2013
as Mother Mable
Servitude
2012
as Mrs. Crank
3 of a Kind
2012
as Claire
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
as Marlys Baptiste
Sarina's Song
2011
as Maggie
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010
as Lois Lane (archive footage)
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
as Mrs. Worthington
Martinis and Murder
2009
Something Evil Comes
2009
as Claudia
Halloween II
2009
as Barbara Collier
A Single Woman
2008
as Storyteller
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
as Self
The Box Collector
2008
as Beth
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
2008
as Dorothy
Universal Signs
2008
as Rose Callahan
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
2006
as Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
as Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Lois Lane
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Emily Craft
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006
as Self
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
2005
as Dorothy M. Johnson
Chicks with Sticks
2005
as Edith Taymore
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
as Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
Robson Arms
2005
The Last Sign
2005
as Endora
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005
as Self
Cool Money
2005
as Peggy Comfort
Death 4 Told
2004
as Madam Badeau
I'll Be Seeing You
2004
as Frances Grolier
The L Word
2004
as Sandy Ziskin
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
Crime and Punishment
2002
as Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
Angel Blade
2002
as Frida
Society's Child
2002
as Joan
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Lois Lane (archive footage)
Smallville
2001
as Bridgette Crosby
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
as Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
as Self
The Hi-Line
2000
as Laura Johnson
Someone Is Watching
2000
as Sally Beckert
Common Ground
2000
as Mrs. Nelson
Tribulation
2000
as Eileen Canboro
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Grace Mayberry
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
1999
as Melanie Kelly
Nightmare Man
1999
as Lillian Hannibal
The Teddy Bears' Scare
1998
as Mrs. Jones (voice)
The Clown at Midnight
1998
as Ellen Gibby
Earth: Final Conflict
1997
as Dr. Josephine Mataros
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
as Miss Peebs
The Hunger
1997
as Helen Sloan
Silent Cradle
1997
as Cindy Wilson
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
as Sol
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
Boston Common
1996
as Cookie
Never Met Picasso
1996
as Genna Magnus
Young Ivanhoe
1995
as Lady Margarite
Bloodknot
1995
as Evelyn
The Outer Limits
1995
as Serena
Beanstalk
1994
as Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
1994
as Rebecca Madison
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Rita Lasky
Phantom 2040
1994
WindRunner
1994
as Sally 'Mom' Cima
Maverick
1994
as Margret Mary (uncredited)
One Woman's Courage
1994
as Stella Jenson
The Pornographer
1994
as Irene
Henry & Verlin
1994
as Mabel
Burke's Law
1994
as Joy Adams
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
La Florida
1993
as Vivy Lamori
To Catch a Killer
1992
as Rachel Grayson
To Catch a Killer
1992
as Rachel Grayson
Delirious
1991
as Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Gaia (voice)
White Room
1990
as Madelaine X
Mob Story
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Cynthia
Calling the Shots
1988
as Self
Body of Evidence
1988
as Carol Dwyer
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Lois Lane
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
as Self
Keeping Track
1987
as Mickey Tremaine
Shell Game
1987
The Emerald City of Oz
1987
as Narrator
Ozma of Oz
1987
as Narrator
The Marvelous Land of Oz
1987
as Narrator
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1987
as Narrator
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
Vanishing Act
1986
as Chris Kenyon
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
as Solitaire (voice)
Picking Up the Pieces
1985
as Lynette Harding
The Making of 'Superman III'
1985
as Self
Little Treasure
1985
as Margo
The Glitter Dome
1984
as Willie
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Ellen Holden
Louisiana
1984
as Virginia Tregan
Pygmalion
1983
as Eliza Doolittle
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Jane Reynolds
Superman III
1983
as Lois Lane
Trenchcoat
1983
as Mickey Raymond
Bus Stop
1982
as Cherie
Some Kind of Hero
1982
as Toni Donovan
Miss Right
1982
as Juliette
The Making of 'Superman II'
1982
as Lois Lane (uncredited)
Heartaches
1981
as Rita Harris
Superman II
1980
as Lois Lane
Willie and Phil
1980
as Jeannette Sutherland
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1980
as Self
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
as Self
The Amityville Horror
1979
as Kathy Lutz
Superman
1978
as Lois Lane
Shoot the Sun Down
1978
as The Woman from England
Switch
1975
as Andrea Morris
92 in the Shade
1975
as Miranda
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975
as Marcia Curtis
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
as Maude
Black Christmas
1974
as Barb
The Dion Brothers
1974
as Margie
A Quiet Day in Belfast
1974
as Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
Am laufenden Band
1974
as Self - Guest
Honky Tonk
1974
as Lucy Cotton
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973
as Helen
Sisters
1973
as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
The Suicide Club
1973
as Gerry
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Lori Wright
The Bounty Man
1972
as Mae
Suddenly Single
1971
as Jackie
Nichols
1971
as Ruth
Adventures in Rainbow Country
1970
as Sportscar driver
Adventures in Rainbow Country
1970
as Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor)
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
as Zazel
Gaily, Gaily
1969
as Adeline
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
1969
as Rosie
The Mod Squad
1968
Speaking Our Peace
as Narrator