Cast & creator
Margot Kidder
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Saturday Night Live
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.
Also known as: 瑪歌潔泰, Margaret Ruth Kidder, マーゴット・キダー
122
film credits
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television credits
158
1962–2023 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (159)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Grace Mayberry
1999
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Smallville
Bridgette Crosby
2001
The Outer Limits
Serena
1995
Murder, She Wrote
Ellen Holden
1984
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Touched by an Angel
Rita Lasky
1994
Brothers and Sisters
Emily Craft
2006
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
La Femme Nikita
Roberta
1997
Tales from the Crypt
Cynthia
1989
Barnaby Jones
Lori Wright
1973
Earth: Final Conflict
Dr. Josephine Mataros
1997Film '72
Self
1971
The L Word
Sandy Ziskin
2004
The Hitchhiker
Jane Reynolds
1983
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Mrs. Worthington
2010
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Gaia (voice)
1990
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
Switch
Andrea Morris
1975
The Mod Squad
Claire Allen
1968
The Hunger
Helen Sloan
1997
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Burke's Law
Joy Adams
1994
Banacek
Linda Carsini
1972
Robson Arms
2005
Nichols
Ruth
1971
Superman
Lois Lane
1978
Boston Common
Cookie
1996
Superman II
Lois Lane
1980
Halloween II
Barbara Collier
2009
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lois Lane
1987
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
1974
Phantom 2040
1994
Superman III
Lois Lane
1983
Maverick
Margret Mary (uncredited)
1994
The Amityville Horror
Kathy Lutz
1979
Black Christmas
Barb
1974
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lois Lane
2006
The Box Collector
Beth
2008
The Great Waldo Pepper
Maude
1975
Amityville: An Origin Story
Self- Archive
2023
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(archive footage)
1999
Cool Money
Peggy Comfort
2005
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Lois Lane (archive footage)
2010
Some Kind of Hero
Toni Donovan
1982
Sisters
Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
1973
Adventures in Rainbow Country
Sportscar driver
1970Adventures in Rainbow Country
Dr. Janet Rhoades (young doctor)
1970
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
2006
To Catch a Killer
Rachel Grayson
1992
Delirious
Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
1991
To Catch a Killer
Rachel Grayson
1992
Angel Blade
Frida
2002
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Dorothy
2008
Louisiana
Virginia Tregan
1984
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Sol
1997
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Marcia Curtis
1975
Shoot the Sun Down
The Woman from England
1978
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2003
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lois Lane (archive footage)
2001
Real Gangsters
Stella Kelly
2013
WindRunner
Sally 'Mom' Cima
1994
Beanstalk
Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
1994
Tribulation
Eileen Canboro
2000
Vanishing Act
Chris Kenyon
1986
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
1982
The Neighborhood
Maggie
2017
I'll Be Seeing You
Frances Grolier
2004
The Annihilation of Fish
Mrs. Muldroone
1999
Willie & Phil
Jeannette Sutherland
1980
The Planet of Junior Brown
Miss Peebs
1997
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
1987
The Red Maple Leaf
Dr. Amanda Walker
2017
3 of a Kind
Claire
2012
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
2008
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
2002
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
2006
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Delilah Higgins
2019Shell Game
1987
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Solitaire (voice)
1986
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Marlys Baptiste
2011
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Self
1979
92 in the Shade
Miranda
1975
Collectormania 6
Self
2004
The Making of 'Superman III'
Self
1985
The Clown at Midnight
Ellen Gibby
1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Mrs. Potter (archive footage)
2005
The Making of 'Superman II'
Lois Lane (uncredited)
1983
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
Melanie Kelly
1999
No Deposit
Margie Ryan
2015
The Canadian Conspiracy
Self
1986
Little Treasure
Margo
1985
Trenchcoat
Mickey Raymond
1983
Bus Stop
Cherie
1982
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Helen
1973
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Zazel
1970
The Teddy Bears' Scare
Mrs. Jones (voice)
1998
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
1987
The Emerald City of Oz
Narrator
1987
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
2001
Honky Tonk
Lucy Cotton
1974
One Woman's Courage
Stella Jenson
1994
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
2001
HENRi
Dr. Calvin
2013
The Dependables
Jean Dempsey
2014
Suddenly Single
Jackie
1971
Gaily, Gaily
Adeline
1969
Someone Is Watching
Sally Beckert
2000
Picking Up the Pieces
Lynette Harding
1985
Miss Right
Juliette
1982
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Narrator
1987
The Hi-Line
Laura Johnson
2000
The Glitter Dome
Willie
1984
The Big Fat Stone
Madge
2014
The Last Sign
Endora
2005
Never Met Picasso
Genna Magnus
1997
A Single Woman
Storyteller
2008
Common Ground
Mrs. Nelson
2000
Universal Signs
Rose Callahan
2008
La Florida
Vivy Lamori
1993
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Rebecca Madison
1994
The Pornographer
Irene
1994
Servitude
Mrs. Crank
2012
Chicks with Sticks
Edith Taymore
2005
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
Rosie
1969
Calling the Shots
Self
1988
Something Evil Comes
Claudia
2009
The Dion Brothers
Margie
1974
A Quiet Day in Belfast
Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
1974
Society's Child
Joan
2002Robber's Roost
Mob Story
Dolores
1989
The Bounty Man
Mae
1972
Bloodknot
Evelyn
1995
Young Ivanhoe
Lady Margarite
1995
The 12 Days of Black Christmas
Self
2006
Heartaches
Rita Harris
1981
Keeping Track
Mickey Tremaine
1987
Henry & Verlin
Mabel
1994
Silent Cradle
Cindy Wilson
1997
For God's Sake, Get Out!
Self
2005
Matt's Chance
Mother Mable
2013
Gravel In Her Gut and Spit In Her Eye
Dorothy M. Johnson
2005
White Room
Madelaine X
1990
Ozma of Oz
Narrator
1987
Body of Evidence
Carol Dwyer
1988
Pygmalion
Eliza Doolittle
1983Pygmalion
Co-Producer
1983Sarina's Song
Maggie
2011
Martinis and Murder
2009
Death 4 Told
Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
2004
Black Christmas Legacy
Self (archive footage)
2015
Nightmare Man
Lillian Hannibal
1999
Speaking Our Peace
Narrator
1985
The Suicide Club
Gerry
1973