Margot Kidder

Margaret Ruth Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018), known professionally as Margot Kidder, was a Canadian-American actress and activist. She amassed several film and television credits in her career spanning five decades, including her best known portrayal of Lois Lane in the original ''Superman'' films (1978–1987). Her accolades included two Canadian Film Awards, an Emmy Award, a Genie Award and a Saturn Award.

Born in Yellowknife to a Canadian mother and an American father, Kidder was raised in the Northwest Territories as well as several Canadian provinces. She began her acting career in the 1960s, appearing in low-budget Canadian productions and winning the Canadian Film Special Award in 1969. She first received attention for appearing in the comedy film ''Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx'' (1970), the horror films ''Sisters'' (1972), ''Black Christmas'' (1974) and ''The Reincarnation of Peter Proud'' (1975), and the drama films ''A Quiet Day in Belfast'' (1974) and ''The Great Waldo Pepper'' (1975).

Kidder's international breakthrough came with playing Lois Lane in ''Superman'' (1978) and Kathy Lutz in ''The Amityville Horror'' (1979), which were blockbuster films. For these roles, she was twice nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress, winning in 1978 for ''Superman''. She reprised the role of Lois in three ''Superman'' sequels (1980–1987), and also played Rita Harris in the comedy film ''Heartaches'' (1981) and made her stage debut with the play ''Bus Stop'' (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 manic episode and nervous breakdown in 1996 stemming from bipolar disorder.

Kidder thereafter maintained steady work in independent films and television, notably appearing in the hockey film ''Chicks with Sticks'' (2004) and the horror film ''Halloween II'' (2009), and playing a guest role on ''R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour'' (2015). She maintained dual citizenship and was an outspoken political, environmental and anti-war activist. Kidder died on May 13, 2018, of an alcohol and drug overdose, which was ruled a suicide. Provided by Wikipedia