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Margot Kidder
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<p>Margaret Ruth Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was a Canadian–American actress and activist. She amassed <a href="/facts/List_of_Margot_Kidder_performances/bKX4A73b">several film and television credits</a> in her career spanning five decades, including her best known portrayal of <a href="/facts/Lois_Lane_(1978_film_series_character)/oCtEyImR">Lois Lane</a> in the original <a href="/facts/Superman_in_film/QAXUxlHc"><i>Superman</i> films</a> (1978–1987). Her accolades included two <a href="/facts/Canadian_Film_Awards/s3JnB1mu">Canadian Film Awards</a>, an <a href="/facts/Daytime_Emmy_Awards/QeIGGEXz">Emmy Award</a>, a <a href="/facts/Genie_Awards/3uGBI2jb">Genie Award</a> and a <a href="/facts/Saturn_Awards/gDUeo1b4">Saturn Award</a>. </p><p>Born in <a href="/facts/Yellowknife/nrsrs6rE">Yellowknife</a> to a Canadian mother and an American father, Kidder was raised in the <a href="/facts/Northwest_Territories/au0ajf7T">Northwest Territories</a> as well as several Canadian provinces. She began her acting career in the 1960s, appearing in low-budget Canadian productions and winning the <a href="/facts/21st_Canadian_Film_Awards/U2cbSLwm">Canadian Film Special Award</a> in <a href="/facts/21st_Canadian_Film_Awards/U2cbSLwm">1969</a>. She first received attention for appearing in the comedy film <i><a href="/facts/Quackser_Fortune_Has_a_Cousin_in_the_Bronx/a98cSjyK">Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx</a></i> (1970), the horror films <i><a href="/facts/Sisters_(1972_film)/jAS0lGgz">Sisters</a></i> (1972), <i><a href="/facts/Black_Christmas_(1974_film)/5q7rnEXD">Black Christmas</a></i> (1974) and <i><a href="/facts/The_Reincarnation_of_Peter_Proud/IV6qXcYN">The Reincarnation of Peter Proud</a></i> (1975), and the drama films <i><a href="/facts/A_Quiet_Day_in_Belfast/EvlTyLsj">A Quiet Day in Belfast</a></i> (1974) and <i><a href="/facts/The_Great_Waldo_Pepper/K3Tymsgl">The Great Waldo Pepper</a></i> (1975). </p><p>Kidder's international <a href="/facts/Breakthrough_role/Wxa315KX">breakthrough</a> came with playing Lois Lane in <a href="/facts/Superman_(1978_film)/bERknEUf"><i>Superman</i></a> (1978) and <a href="/facts/The_Amityville_Horror/2pcDEkX5">Kathy Lutz</a> in <i><a href="/facts/The_Amityville_Horror_(1979_film)/Gwp28Sqx">The Amityville Horror</a></i> (1979), which were <a href="/facts/Blockbuster_(entertainment)/9hsjgCfK">blockbuster films</a>. For these roles, she was twice nominated for the <a href="/facts/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Actress/ENg8mI00">Saturn Award for Best Actress</a>, winning in <a href="/facts/6th_Saturn_Awards/RUYsRdHT">1978</a> for <i>Superman</i>. She reprised the role of Lois in three <i>Superman</i> sequels (1980–1987), and also played Rita Harris in the comedy film <a href="/facts/Heartaches_(1981_film)/FBA536DV"><i>Heartaches</i></a> (1981) and made her stage debut with the play <i><a href="/facts/Bus_Stop_(play)/T1zoNJa1">Bus Stop</a></i> (1982). After a stint of films and projects that were ambivalently received, Kidder sustained serious injuries in a car accident that left her temporarily paralyzed in 1990, and suffered from a highly publicized <a href="/facts/Mania/qYV8BBbt">manic</a> episode and <a href="/facts/Mental_disorder/EPNjFtFf">nervous breakdown</a> in 1996 stemming from <a href="/facts/Bipolar_disorder/aMDwXbV0">bipolar disorder</a>. </p><p>Kidder thereafter maintained steady work in <a href="/facts/Independent_film/jrUBoAMB">independent films</a> and television, notably appearing in the hockey film <i><a href="/facts/Chicks_with_Sticks/uKrnk5RH">Chicks with Sticks</a></i> (2004) and the horror picture <a href="/facts/Halloween_II_(2009_film)/pBrw0Q2S"><i>Halloween II</i></a> (2009), and playing a guest role on <i><a href="/facts/The_Haunting_Hour:_The_Series/YbeoHC7V">R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour</a></i> (2015). She maintained <a href="/facts/Multiple_citizenship/kjN33Plr">dual citizenship</a> and was an outspoken <a href="/facts/Activism/SCUlsxxH">political</a>, <a href="/facts/Environmental_movement/JSLK6Gve">environmental</a> and <a href="/facts/Anti-war_movement/Vokrkzdo">anti-war</a> activist. Kidder died on May 13, 2018, of an alcohol and drug overdose, which was ruled a <a href="/facts/Suicide/j92cWcay">suicide</a>. </p>