Margot Kidder
At the 2005 Canadian National Expo. Photo by Jeremy Allin.
Born	October 17, 1948 (1948-10-17) (age 59) Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Margot Kidder (born October 17, 1948) is a Canadian-American film and television actress best known for playing Lois Lane in the Superman movies of the 1970s and 1980s. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yellowknife (ˈjɛloʊnaɪf ( 2006 population 18700) is the capital of Canada 's Northwest Territories (NWT Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Canadian-American is a person living in the United States who was born in raised in or possesses ancestral ties to Canada. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Lois Lane-Kent is the primary love interest in the DC Comics ’ Superman stories Superman (also known as Superman The Movie) is a 1978 Superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.2.1 Superman film series 1.2.2 Other film and television roles 1.3 Personal life 1.4 Mental disorder 2 References 3 External links

Biography

Early life

Kidder, one of five children, was born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, the daughter of Jill (née Wilson), a history teacher, and Kendall Kidder, an explosives expert and mining engineer. Yellowknife (ˈjɛloʊnaɪf ( 2006 population 18700) is the capital of Canada 's Northwest Territories (NWT The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page ^[1][2][3] She was born in Yellowknife because of her father's job, which required the family to live in remote locations. ^[4] She has a sister, Annie, and three brothers, John, Michael and Peter. Kidder's niece, Janet Kidder, is also an actress. Nephew is a term referring to the son of one's Sibling. Sons of siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews even though there is no blood relation Janet Kidder is a Canadian Actress. She is a Niece of Margot Kidder. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

Career

In the late 1960s, Kidder was based in Toronto, and appeared in a number of TV drama series for the CBC, including guest appearances on Wojeck, Adventures in Rainbow Country, and a semi-regular role as a young reporter on McQueen. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. Adventures in Rainbow Country was a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television in 1970 and 1971 Later, she made an appearance as a barmaid in Nichols, a short-lived James Garner vehicle made for American television. Nichols (also known as James Garner as Nichols) was a Western Television series starring James Garner broadcast in the James Garner (born April 7 1928 is an American Film and Emmy -award winning Television Actor. She also appeared in a number of low-budget Canadian movies in the late 1960s (The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar being her first feature) and early 1970s before going on to star in the Brian de Palma psychological thriller Sisters (1973) and the horror film Black Christmas (1974). For the 2005 Argentine film see Hermanas. Sisters is a 1973 Independent film directed by Brian de Palma Black Christmas is a 1974 Canadian Horror film, directed by Bob Clark, which has a very large Cult following A nude pictorial of Kidder, photographed by Douglas Kirkland, was published in the March 1975 issue of Playboy. Douglas Kirkland (born 1934 in Toronto Ontario) is a prominent Photographer based in the United States. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy The accompanying article was written by her as a condition of appearing: Kidder said "I don't want someone writing 'Margot Kidder has more curves than the Pacific Coast Highway' under my picture. State Route 1, often called Highway 1, is a State highway that runs along much of the Pacific coast of the U "

Superman film series

Kidder is best known for her role as Lois Lane in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie and its sequels. Lois Lane-Kent is the primary love interest in the DC Comics ’ Superman stories The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Superman (also known as Superman The Movie) is a 1978 Superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the Kidder brought more depth to the role than previous actresses, portraying Lane as an ambitious and headstrong, yet vulnerable and emotionally lonely woman trying to make it in a man's world. She publicly disagreed with the decision of producers Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind to replace Richard Donner as director of 1980's Superman II. Alexander Salkind (June 2 1921 – March 8 1997 was the second of three generations of successful international Film producers Biography Born in Gdańsk Ilya Salkind (born Ilya Juan Salkind Dominguez, July 27, 1947 in Mexico City) is a film and Richard Donner (born April 24, 1930) is an American Film director, and also a Film producer through the production company The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Superman II is the 1980 Sequel to the 1978 Superhero film Superman. As a result, Kidder's role in 1983's Superman III consisted of less than five minutes of footage. Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Superman III is a 1983 Superhero film that was the third of five movies in the Superman film series based upon the long-running DC Her role in 1987's relatively unsuccessful Superman IV: The Quest for Peace was more substantial. Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Superman IV The Quest for Peace is a 1987 Superhero film, the last of the Superman theatrical movies starring Christopher Reeve as the

Other film and television roles

In addition to the Superman movies, Kidder has starred in The Amityville Horror, Willie and Phil, Some Kind of Hero with Richard Pryor and The Great Waldo Pepper opposite Robert Redford. The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American Horror film based on the Bestselling novel of the same name by Jay Anson Some Kind of Hero is a 1982 film starring Richard Pryor as a returning Vietnam War veteran having trouble adjusting to civilian life Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III ( December 1, 1940 &ndash December 10, 2005) was an American Comedian, Actor The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 Drama film about a discontented pilot played by Robert Redford. Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, She has also made uncredited cameo appearances in Maverick and Delirious. Maverick is an Academy Award nominated 1994 Comedy Western movie, based on the 1950s television series Maverick, created Delirious is a Romantic comedy Film starring John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms and Raymond Burr.

In 1983, Kidder produced and starred as Eliza Doolittle in a TV version of Pygmalion with Peter O'Toole. The year 1983 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1983. Pygmalion (1913 is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T In the late 1980s, she appeared in introductions for the Discovery Channel's "Best of the BBC" series of repackaged documentaries, among them Making of a Continent. Discovery Channel is an American Satellite and Cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, Terrestrial television and She has also done extensive stage work, including The Vagina Monologues. The Vagina Monologues is an Obie Award -winning episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off-Broadway Westside Theatre

In 1994, Kidder played the bartender at the "Broken Skull" tavern in Under a Killing Moon, an IBM PC adventure game. Events 1994 &mdash Nintendo calls this year "1994 The Year of the Cartridge" Under a Killing Moon ( 1994) was the third installment in the Tex Murphy series of Adventure games produced by Access Software IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT.

In 2004, Kidder briefly returned to the Superman franchise in two episodes of the television program Smallville, as Dr. Bridgette Crosby, an emissary of Dr. The year 2004 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2004. Professor Bridgett Crosby is a fictional character in the DC Universe. Swann (played by her Superman co-star, Christopher Reeve). Christopher D'Olier Reeve ( September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American Actor, director, Also that year, Kidder made an appearance on a Canadian sitcom, Robson Arms, set in an apartment block in Vancouver's west end. Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008 Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal She played a quirky neighbor of the main cast members. She also had a cameo in Rich Hall's Election Special on BBC4. BBC Four is a BBC Television channel available to digital television ( Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable) viewers in the

In 2007, Kidder started appearing on the television series Brothers and Sisters, playing Emily Craft. The year 2007 in television involves some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2007. Brothers & Sisters is an American Dramatic television series which centers around the Upper-middle class Walker family and their lives in Additionally, Kidder played Sally Cima, and was the mother of protagonist Greg Cima, a high school tailback for Kanab High School in Kanab, Utah, in the film Windrunner. Kanab is a city in and the County seat of Kane County, Utah, United States. The Windrunner XM-107 Tactical is a bolt-action magazine-fed rifle chambered for the Browning Machine Gun cartridge (.

Personal life

In the past, Kidder dated former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau and director Brian DePalma. Brian De Palma (born Brian Russell DePalma on September 11 1940 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Film director. She has been married and divorced three times: to American playwright Thomas McGuane (by whom she had her only child, daughter Maggie, in 1976); to actor John Heard; and to French film director Philippe de Broca. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Thomas Francis McGuane III (born December 11 1939) is an American author An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works John Heard may refer to John Heard (ferryman (born 1835 ferryman and namesake of Heard's Ferry John Heard (actor (born Philippe de Broca ( March 15, 1933 &ndash November 26, 2004) was a French Film director. 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 one grandchild, Mazie Kirn, from her daughter's marriage to the novelist Walter Kirn. Walter Kirn is an American Novelist and Critic who lives in Montana.

In the early 1990s, during the first Gulf War, Kidder was branded by some parts of the media a "Baghdad Betty" and subjected to abuse for remarks questioning the war ^[5] and ridiculing the press and the military for not seeing the larger consequences of their actions.

Kidder was involved in a serious car crash in 1990, after which she was unable to work for two years, causing her serious financial problems.

Mental disorder

Kidder has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which led to a widely publicized manic episode in 1996. Mania (from Greek μανία and that from μαίνομαι - mainomai, "to rage to be furious" is a severe medical condition Kidder was found by Los Angeles police in a distressed state, with a shaved head, naked and paranoid claiming people were following her. She was placed in psychiatric care.

Kidder became a United States citizen on August 17, 2005, in Butte, Montana; she lives in nearby Livingston. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Butte (IPA) is a city in and the County seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. Livingston is a city in and the County seat of Park County, Montana, United States. 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. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the S. intervention in Iraq, and at the same time to be free of worries about being deported. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia ^[6]

References

External links

• Margot Kidder at the Internet Movie Database
• Article: From paranoid delusions to orthomolecular medicine
• Canadian Film Encyclopedia [A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group]

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