Margot Kidder on the July 1981 cover of Rolling Stone Magazine.Margaret Ruth Kidder (born October 17, 1948 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada), better known as Margot Kidder, is a popular and daring film actress who achieved her greatest fame in the 1970s and 1980s.
Film and theatre
She is best known for her role as Lois Lane in the 1978 movie Superman and its sequels. Kidder brought more depth to the role than previous actresses had done, portraying Lane as an ambitious and headstrong, yet vulnerable and emotionally lonely woman trying to make it in a man's world. After she publicly expressed her disgust to the producers, Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind, over the firing of Richard Donner from 1980's Superman II, her role in 1983's Superman III consisted of less than 5 minutes of footage. Her role in 1987's Superman IV: The Quest For Peace was much more substantial.
Aside from the Superman franchise, Kidder has also starred in The Amityville Horror, Willie and Phil, The Great Waldo Pepper, and Black Christmas. She has made uncredited cameo appearances in Maverick and Delirious. In 1983, Kidder produced and starred (as Eliza Doolittle) in the TV version of Pygmalion with Peter O'Toole. She has also done extensive stage work, including The Vagina Monologues.
In 2005 Kidder briefly returned to the Superman franchise in two episodes of the television program Smallville as Dr. Bridgette Crosby, an emissary of Dr. Swann (played by her Superman co-star Christopher Reeve).
Politics and nationality
Kidder raised some hackles in the early 1990s during the U.S. intervention in Kuwait, when she ridiculed the press and the military for not seeing the larger consequences of their actions. Despite the criticism, Kidder became a United States citizen on August 17, 2005, in Butte, Montana; she lives in nearby Livingston).
She said the reason for her decision to become an American citizen is to participate in the voting process, to continue her protests against U.S. intervention in Iraq and at the same time to be free of worries about being deported back to Canada (see [[1]]).
Kidder has bipolar disorder which led to a widely publicized breakdown in 1996. She is now an advocate of orthomolecular medicine as a treatment for bipolar disorder. She also revealed publicly that she has had an abortion in the past.
Trivia
An animated Kidder appears in an episode of the FOX Television series Family Guy entitled "Mr. Saturday Knight". In the episode, Kidder is dining with the Griffin family when she suddenly has a psychotic breakdown and keeps returning throughout the episode at random, wreaking more havoc.
Kidder once dated former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
She played the "Broken Skull" bartender on a PC adventure game featuring Tex Murphy in Under a Killing Moon.
She has been married three times, to playwright Thomas McGuane (with whom she has a daughter, Maggie), actor John Heard and Philippe De Broca. None of the marriages lasted longer than a year. Since her divorce from De Broca she has said that she prefers the companionship of her dogs. She has not married since.
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Quotes
When asked to sum up her life, she responded, "I suppose that if you want to be famous and suddenly it happens and you don't like it, it's nobody's fault but your own."
"The L Word"
- Labia Majora (2006) TV Episode .... Sandy Ziskin
"Robson Arms" .... Elaine Wainwright
- Sweet City Woman (2005) TV Episode .... Elaine Wainwright
Cool Money (2005) (TV) .... Peggy Comfort
The Last Sign (2005) .... Endora
"Smallville"
... aka Smallville Beginnings (USA: rerun title)
... aka Smallville: Superman the Early Years (UK: promotional title)
- Transference (2004) TV Episode .... Bridgette Crosby
- Crusade (2004) TV Episode .... Bridgette Crosby
I'll Be Seeing You (2004) (TV) .... Frances
... aka Un jour tu verras (Canada: French title)
Death 4 Told (2004) .... Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
Chicks with Sticks (2004) .... Edith Taymore
... aka Anyone's Game (Canada: English title: video title)
... aka Enjeux sur glace (Canada: French title)
... aka Hockey Mom (International: English title: video title)
Crime and Punishment (2002/I) .... Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
Angel Blade (2002) .... Frida
Society's Child (2002) (TV) .... Joan
... aka Combat d'une mère, Le (Canada: French title)
"Earth: Final Conflict"
... aka EFC (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict (USA: complete title)
... aka Invasion planète Terre (Canada: French title)
... aka Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns (Germany)
- Termination (2001) TV Episode .... Dr. Josephine Mataros
"Mentors"
- Her Grace Under Pressure (2001) TV Episode .... Queen Elizabeth I
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)
- Pique (2001) TV Episode .... Grace Mayberry
"The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne"
- The Eyes of Lazarus (2000) TV Episode .... Madame Soretski
"The Outer Limits"
... aka The New Outer Limits (USA: promotional title)
- Revival (2000) TV Episode .... Serena
"Amazon" .... Morag (2000)
... aka Amazonas - Gefangene des Dschungels (Germany)
... aka Peter Benchley's Amazon (USA: complete title)
- Circle of Fire (2000) TV Episode .... Morag
- The White Witch (2000) TV Episode .... Morag
Common Ground (2000) (TV) .... Mrs. Nelson
Tribulation (2000) .... Eileen Canboro
Someone Is Watching (2000) (TV) .... Sally Beckert
"Made in Canada"
... aka The Industry (USA)
- Diva (1999) TV Episode .... Dian del Largo
The Annihilation of Fish (1999) .... Mrs. Muldroone
"La Femme Nikita"
... aka Nikita (Canada: English title)
- Walk on By (1999) TV Episode .... Roberta
"PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal"
- School of Thought (1999) TV Episode .... Miss Holton/Marla Cooke
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly (1999) (TV) .... Melanie Kelly
... aka Retour d'Alex Kelly, Le (Canada: French title)
The Hi-Line (1999) .... Laura Johnson
Nightmare Man (1999) .... Lillian Hannibal
"Touched by an Angel"
- Miles to Go Before I Sleep (1998) TV Episode .... Rita
The Clown at Midnight (1998) .... Ms. Ellen Gibby
"Aaahh!!! Real Monsters"
- Losers! It's all over (1997) TV Episode (voice) .... Mistress Helga
"The Hunger"
- The Sloan Men (1997) TV Episode .... Mrs. Sloan
The Planet of Junior Brown (1997) .... Miss Peebs
... aka Junior's Groove (USA: video title)
"Boston Common"
- Sophomore's Choice (1997) TV Episode .... Cookie de Varen
- The Occidental Purists (1997) TV Episode .... Cookie de Varen
- Commander-in-Grief (1997) TV Episode .... Cookie de Varen
- Soup to Nuts (1997) TV Episode .... Cookie de Varen
- Gobble, Gobble, Aggch! (1996) TV Episode .... Cookie de Varen
(1 more)
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework (1997) .... Sol
Silent Cradle (1997) .... Cindy Wilson
... aka Berceau muet, Le (Canada: French title)
Never Met Picasso (1996) .... Genna Magnus
"Burke's Law"
- Who Killed the Highest Bidder? (1995) TV Episode .... Joy Adams
Young Ivanhoe (1995) (TV) .... Lady Margarite
Windrunner (1995) .... Sally 'Mom' Cima
Bloodknot (1995/I) .... Evelyn
Beanstalk (1994) .... Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
"Phantom 2040" (1994) TV Series (voice) .... Rebecca Madison
... aka Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Maverick (1994) (uncredited) .... Margret Mary
One Woman's Courage (1994) (TV) .... Stella Jenson
Henry & Verlin (1994) .... Mabel
Under a Killing Moon (1994) (VG) .... Bartender
The Pornographer (1994) .... Irene
... aka Family Values
"Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990) TV Series (voice) .... Gaia (1993-1996)
... aka The New Adventures of Captain Planet (USA: fourth season title)
"Murder, She Wrote"
- Threshold of Fear (1993) TV Episode .... Dr. Ellen Holden
"Street Legal"
- Strange Bedfellows (1993) TV Episode .... Charlotte Percy
- Persistence of Vision (1992) TV Episode .... Charlotte Percy
Florida, La (1993) .... Vivy Lamori
"Tales from the Crypt"
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- Curiosity Killed (1992) TV Episode .... Cynthia
To Catch a Killer (1992) (TV) .... Rachel Grayson
Aaron Sent Me (1992) .... Kaitlynn Prescott
Delirious (1991) (uncredited) .... Woman in washroom
Mob Story (1990) .... Dolores
White Room (1990) .... Madelaine X
Body of Evidence (1988) (TV) .... Carol Dwyer
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) .... Lois Lane
"Shell Game" (1987) TV Series .... Dinah/Jennie Jerome
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1987) (V) (voice) .... Narrator
Ozma of Oz (1987) (V) (voice) .... Narrator
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1987) (V) (voice) .... Narrator
The Emerald City of Oz (1987) (V) (voice) .... Narrator
Vanishing Act (1986) (TV) .... Chris Kenyon
GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986) (voice) .... Solitaire
... aka GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (USA: video title)
Picking Up the Pieces (1985) (TV) .... Lynette Harding
"The Hitchhiker"
... aka Voyageur, Le (France)
- Nightshift (1985) TV Episode .... Jane Reynolds
Little Treasure (1985) .... Margo
Keeping Track (1985) .... Mickey Tremaine
The Glitter Dome (1984) (TV) .... Willie
Louisiana (1984) (TV) .... Virginia Tregan
... aka Louisiane (France)
Superman III (1983) .... Lois Lane
Trenchcoat (1983) .... Mickey Raymond
Pygmalion (1983) (TV) .... Eliza Doolittle
Bus Stop (1982) (TV) .... Cherie
Some Kind of Hero (1982) .... Toni Donovan
Donna giusta, La (1982) .... Juliette
... aka Miss Right (USA)
Heartaches (1981) .... Rita Harris
Shoot the Sun Down (1981) .... The Woman from England
Superman II (1980) .... Lois Lane
Willie and Phil (1980) .... Jeannette Sutherland
The Amityville Horror (1979) .... Kathy Lutz
"Saturday Night Live"
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: original title)
... aka SNL
... aka SNL 25 (USA: new title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: new title)
- Episode #4.15 (1979) TV Episode .... Host
Superman (1978) .... Lois Lane
... aka Superman: The Movie
"Switch"
- The Twelth Commandment (1976) TV Episode
- Girl on the Golden Strip (1976) TV Episode
92 in the Shade (1975) .... Miranda
"Wide World of Mystery"
- Suicide Club (1975) TV Episode .... Gerry
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) .... Marcia Curtis
"Baretta"
- The Secret of Terry Lake (1975) TV Episode .... Terry Lake
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) .... Maude
Black Christmas (1974) .... Barbie Coard
... aka Silent Night, Evil Night
... aka Stranger in the House (USA: TV title)
The Gravy Train (1974) .... Margue
... aka The Dion Brothers
A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974) .... Brigit Slattery/Thelma Slattery
Honky Tonk (1974) (TV) .... Lucy Cotton
The Suicide Club (1974) (TV)
"Harry O"
- Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On (1974) TV Episode .... Helen
"Barnaby Jones"
- Trial Run for Death (1973) TV Episode .... Lori Wright
Sisters (1973) .... Danielle Breton/Dominique Blanchion
... aka Blood Sisters (UK)
Harry O: Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On (1973) .... Helen
"Banacek"
- A Million the Hard Way (1972) TV Episode .... Linda Carsini
The Bounty Man (1972) (TV) .... Mae
"Nichols" (1971) TV Series .... Ruth (1971-1972)
... aka James Garner (Canada: English title)
... aka James Garner as Nichols
Suddenly Single (1971) (TV) .... Jackie
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) .... Zazel
... aka Fun Loving
"The Mod Squad"
- Call Back Yesterday (1970) TV Episode .... Claire Allen
"Corwin" (1969) TV Series .... Denny
"McQueen" (1969) TV Series .... Jenny
"Adventures in Rainbow Country"
- The Big Race (1969) TV Episode .... Young Doctor
- The Tower (1969) TV Episode .... Sportscar Driver
Gaily, Gaily (1969) .... Adeline
... aka Chicago, Chicago (UK)
"Wojeck"
- After All, Who's Art Morrison Anyway? (1968) TV Episode
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1968)
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