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Margot Kidder
Margaret Ruth Kidder was a Canadian and American actress and activist. She amassed several film and television credits in her career spanning five decades, including her widely known role as 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.
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entertainment · Canadian and American actress and activist (1948–2018) · television actor · film actor · voice actor · film producer · stage actor · actor · also Margot Kidder, Margaret Ruth Kidder, Margaret Kidder, Kidder
Born 17 October 1948 · Died 13 May 2018 · Q234471
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2026· 9 entries
“He was such a huge part of my life... He was complicated, very smart, really smart, and he knew he”
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“fell in love with Pryor in two seconds flat,”
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2018· 8 entries
The Guardian: Margot Kidder's death ruled a suicide
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The Guardian: Margot Kidder obituary
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The Guardian: Margot Kidder – a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Margot Kidder: the Hollywood star who defied convention
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The Guardian: Margot Kidder, Superman's Lois Lane, dies aged 69
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Of an alcohol and drug overdose, which was ruled a suicide
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Died 2018-05-13.
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At her home in Livingston, Montana, at the age of 69
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2016· 2 entries
“The first thing people have to start facing, contrary to the advertising fed to us by oil and gas companies, is that environmentalism and economic stability go hand-in-hand on any long-term basis.”
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Where she frequently endured frigid temperatures
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2015· 2 entries
Was named the host of a dinner event by the Yellowstone County Democrats in Billings, Montana, called "Billings for Bernie" in support of Bernie Sanders' presidential primary bid
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Kidder won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming for her performance in R
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2012· 1 entry
Appeared in a video for Stop the Frack Attack, an environmental organization working toward regulating hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") practices
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2011· 2 entries
Kidder, Tantoo Cardinal, and dozens of others were arrested while protesting in Washington, DC, against the proposed extension of the Keystone Pipeline
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Supported her brother, John Kidder, in British Columbia, who was running to be a member of Canada's Parliament for the Liberal Party:
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2009· 1 entry
Kidder was the Montana State Coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America
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2008· 2 entries
Kidder was a volunteer at the Barack Obama campaign headquarters in Livingston, Montana
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Portrayed an embattled guidance counselor in the gay-themed mystery film On the Other Hand, Death, and a supporting role as Laurie Strode's therapist, in Rob Zombie's Halloween II (2009)
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2007· 1 entry
Kidder began appearing on the television series Brothers and Sisters, playing Emily Craft
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2006· 1 entry
Kidder played Jenny Schecter's mother Sandy Ziskin on The L Word; her character was a repressed Jewish woman coming to terms with her daughter's sexuality
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2005· 2 entries
In Butte, Montana, and settled in Livingston
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The Guardian: No kidding: Margot Kidder on Lois Lane and The Amityville Horror
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2004· 1 entry
Kidder briefly returned to the Superman franchise in two episodes of the television series Smallville, as Bridgette Crosby, an emissary of Dr
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2003· 2 entries
In addition to environmental causes, Kidder was a vocal supporter of LGBTQ rights, and in 2003, hosted benefits at a gay and lesbian health center in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Hosted benefits at a gay and lesbian health center in Boston, Massachusetts
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2002· 1 entry
Appeared alongside Crispin Glover and Vanessa Redgrave in the film adaptation of Crime and Punishment
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2001· 2 entries
Was awarded the Courage in Mental Health Award from the California Women's Mental Health Policy Council for her public dialogue on mental illness
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Played the abusive mother of a murderer in "Pique", an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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2000· 1 entry
Kidder played Eileen Canboro in Apocalypse III: Tribulation, a Christian film dealing with Christian eschatology and the rapture
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1996· 2 entries
Experienced a manic episode in Los Angeles
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Also spoke outwardly about her struggles with mental health and her bipolar disorder diagnosis
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1994· 1 entry
Including in the Disney Channel film Windrunner, as well as another uncredited appearance in Maverick
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1990· 2 entries
While filming the pilot of a proposed television series Nancy Drew and Daughter, Kidder was in a car crash that injured her spine and left her partially paralyzed
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And suffered from a highly publicized manic episode and nervous breakdown in 1996 stemming from bipolar disorder
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1988· 1 entry
Which she rejected at the time, and refused the recommended lithium treatment
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1987· 1 entry
Kidder reprised her Lois Lane role in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), which she filmed in 1986
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1986· 1 entry
Was selected as the English narrator for the Japanese animated series The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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1985· 1 entry
Kidder expressed ambivalence toward continuing her career, and was quoted as saying: "I don't feel comfortable as a performer and I'm a big turkey as a movie star
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1984· 1 entry
Kidder produced and starred in the French-Canadian period television film Louisiana as a plantation owner in the American South, who returns from Paris to find her estate and holdings have been lost
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1983· 2 entries
Kidder produced and starred as Eliza Doolittle in a version of Pygmalion with Peter O'Toole for Showtime
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French filmmaker Philippe de Broca, who had directed her in Louisiana
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1982· 1 entry
Appeared in a stage performance of Bus Stop, playing Cherie opposite Tim Matheson as Bo, which was broadcast on HBO
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1980· 1 entry
Appeared in Paul Mazursky's romantic comedy Willie & Phil, playing one-third of a love triangle opposite Michael Ontkean and Ray Sharkey
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1979· 1 entry
Married actor John Heard, but the couple separated only six days into their marriage
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1977· 1 entry
Eager to return to acting, Kidder read for the character of Lois Lane in Superman: The Movie, only one month before principal photography was scheduled to begin
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1976· 1 entry
But the marriage ended in divorce on July 21, 1977
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1975· 1 entry
A drama directed by novelist Thomas McGuane, based on his own book
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1974· 2 entries
Kidder made her directorial debut with a 50-minute short film produced for the American Film Institute, titled Again
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Starred in the slasher film Black Christmas, for which she won a Canadian Film Award for Best Actress, followed by a role as a prostitute in the Terrence Malick–scripted The Gravy Train (1974)
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1966· 1 entry
Found herself pregnant by her boyfriend, who arranged for an illegal abortion
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1948· 2 entries
Born 1948-10-17.
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In Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, the daughter of Jocelyn Mary "Jill" (née Wilson), a history teacher from British Columbia, and Kendall Kidder, an American explosives expert and engineer originally from New Mexico
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