Margot Kidder (1948–2018)

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Margot Kidder was born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Jocelyn Mary "Jill" (Wilson), a history teacher from British Columbia, and Kendall Kidder, a New Mexico-born mining engineer and explosives expert. Margot was a delightful child who took pride in everything she did. At an early age, she became aware of ... See full bio »

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(age 69) in Livingston, Montana, USA

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Known For

Superman
Superman Lois Lane
(1978)
Black Christmas
Black Christmas Barb
(1974)
Superman II
Superman II Lois Lane
(1980)
The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror Kathy Lutz
(1979)
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  Robber's Roost (filming)
The Woman
 2019 Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed
Delilah Higgins
 2016 The Red Maple Leaf
Dr. Amanda Walker
 2016/II The Neighborhood
Maggie
 2015 No Deposit
Margie Ryan
 2014 The Big Fat Stone
Madge
 2014 R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (TV Series)
Mrs. Worthington
- Mrs. Worthington (2014) ... Mrs. Worthington
 2014 Pride of Lions
Jean Dempsey
 2013 Real Gangsters
Stella Kelly
 2013 Matt's Chance
Mother Mable
 2012 HENRi (Short)
Dr. Calvin
 2012 3 of a Kind
Claire
 2011 Sarina's Song (Short)
Maggie
 2011 Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Marlys Baptiste
 2011 Servitude
Mrs. Crank
 2009 Something Evil Comes (TV Movie)
Claudia Brecher
 2009 Halloween II
Barbara Collier
 2008 Universal Signs
Rose Callahan
 2008 A Single Woman
Storyteller
 2008 On the Other Hand, Death
Dorothy
 2008 Love at First Kill
Beth
 2007 Brothers & Sisters (TV Series)
Emily Craft
- Three Parties (2007) ... Emily Craft
- Valentine's Day Massacre (2007) ... Emily Craft
 2006 Solace (Short)
Mother
 2006 The L Word (TV Series)
Sandy Ziskin
- Labia Majora (2006) ... Sandy Ziskin
 2005 Robson Arms (TV Series)
Elaine Wainwright
- Sweet City Woman (2005) ... Elaine Wainwright
- A Certain Vintage (2005) ... Elaine Wainwright
- The Eyes of Grandma Tan (2005) ... Elaine Wainwright
 2005 Cool Money (TV Movie)
Peggy Comfort
 2005 The Last Sign
Endora
 2004 Chicks with Sticks
Edith Taymore
 2004 Smallville (TV Series)
Bridgette Crosby
- Transference (2004) ... Bridgette Crosby
- Crusade (2004) ... Bridgette Crosby
 2004 Death 4 Told
Madam Badeau (segment "The Psychic")
 2004 I'll Be Seeing You (TV Movie)
Frances Grolier
 2002 Society's Child (TV Movie)
Joan
 2002 Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Katerina Marmelodov
 2002 Angel Blade
Frida
 2001 Earth: Final Conflict (TV Series)
Dr. Josephine Mataros
- Termination (2001) ... Dr. Josephine Mataros
 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Grace Mayberry
- Pique (2001) ... Grace Mayberry
 2000 Mentors (TV Series)
Queen Elizabeth I
- Her Grace Under Pressure (2000) ... Queen Elizabeth I
 2000 The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (TV Series)
Madame Soretski
- The Eyes of Lazarus (2000) ... Madame Soretski
 2000 The Outer Limits (TV Series)
Serena
- Revival (2000) ... Serena
 2000 Amazon (TV Series)
Morag
- Circle of Fire (2000) ... Morag
- The White Witch (2000) ... Morag
 2000 Someone is Watching (TV Movie)
Sally Beckert
 2000 Common Ground (TV Movie)
Mrs. Nelson
 2000 Tribulation
Eileen Canboro
 1999 Nightmare Man
Lillian Hannibal
 1999 The Industry (TV Series)
Dian Del Largo
- Diva (1999) ... Dian Del Largo
 1999 The Annihilation of Fish
Mrs. Muldroone
 1999 La Femme Nikita (TV Series)
Roberta
- Walk on By (1999) ... Roberta
 1999 PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series)
Miss Holton / Marla Cooke
- School of Thought (1999) ... Miss Holton / Marla Cooke
 1999 Cry Rape (TV Movie)
Melanie Kelly
 1999 The Hi-Line
Laura Johnson
 1998 The Clown at Midnight
Ellen Gibby
 1998 The Teddy Bears' Scare (TV Movie)
Mrs. Jones (voice)
 1998 Touched by an Angel (TV Series)
Rita Lasky
- Miles to Go Before I Sleep (1998) ... Rita Lasky
 1997 Silent Cradle
Cindy Wilson
 1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV Series)
Mistress Helga
- Laugh, Krumm, Laugh/Rookie Monsters (1997) ... Mistress Helga (voice)
 1997 The Hunger (TV Series)
Helen Sloan
- The Sloan Men (1997) ... Helen Sloan
 1997 The Planet of Junior Brown
Miss Peebs
 1996-1997 Boston Common (TV Series)
Cookie de Varen
- Sophomore's Choice (1997) ... Cookie de Varen
- The Occidental Purists (1997) ... Cookie de Varen
- Commander-in-Grief (1997) ... Cookie de Varen
- Soup to Nuts (1997) ... Cookie de Varen
- Gobble, Gobble, Aggch! (1996) ... Cookie de Varen
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 1996 Never Met Picasso
Genna Magnus
 1996 Henry & Verlin
Mabel
 1994-1996 Phantom 2040 (TV Series)
Rebecca Madison
- The Whole Truth (1996) ... Rebecca Madison (voice)
- Moments of Truth (1996) ... Rebecca Madison (voice)
- The Furies (1996) ... Rebecca Madison (voice)
- The Second Time Around (1996) ... Rebecca Madison (voice)
- Rogue (1995) ... Rebecca Madison (voice)
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 1993-1996 Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series short)
Gaia
- Greed Is the Word (1996) ... Gaia (voice)
- Dirty Politics (1995) ... Gaia (voice)
- Frog Day Afternoon (1995) ... Gaia (voice)
- Numbers Game (1995) ... Gaia (voice)
- In Zarm's Way (1995) ... Gaia (voice)
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 1995 Bloodknot (TV Movie)
Evelyn / Mother
 1995 Young Ivanhoe (TV Movie)
Lady Margarite
 1995 Burke's Law (TV Series)
Joy Adams
- Who Killed the Highest Bidder? (1995) ... Joy Adams
 1994 Beanstalk
Doctor Kate 'Doc' Winston
 1994 The Pornographer
Irene
 1994 Under a Killing Moon (Video Game)
Bartender
 1994 Windrunner
Sally 'Mom' Cima
 1994 Maverick
Margret Mary (uncredited)
 1994 One Woman's Courage (TV Movie)
Stella Jenson
 1993 La Florida
Vivy Lamori
 1993 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
Dr. Ellen Holden
- Threshold of Fear (1993) ... Dr. Ellen Holden
 1992-1993 Street Legal (TV Series)
Charlotte Percy
- Strange Bedfellows (1993) ... Charlotte Percy
- Persistence of Vision (1992) ... Charlotte Percy
 1992 Aaron Sent Me
Kaitlynn Prescott
 1992 Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)
Cynthia
- Curiosity Killed (1992) ... Cynthia
 1992 To Catch a Killer (TV Mini Series)
Rachel Grayson
- Part II (1992) ... Rachel Grayson
- Part I (1992) ... Rachel Grayson
 1991 Delirious
Woman in Washroom (uncredited)
 1990 White Room
Madelaine X
 1989 Mob Story
Dolores
 1988 Body of Evidence (TV Movie)
Carol Dwyer
 1987 Ozma of Oz (Video)
Narrator (voice)
 1987 The Emerald City of Oz (Video)
Narrator (voice)
 1987 The Marvelous Land of Oz (Video)
Narrator (voice)
 1987 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Video)
Narrator (voice)
 1987 Shell Game (TV Series)
Dinah / Jennie Jerome
- Dead Wrong (1987) ... Dinah / Jennie Jerome
- Pai Gow (1987) ... Dinah / Jennie Jerome
- The Upstairs Gardener (1987) ... Dinah / Jennie Jerome
- The Old Team (1987) ... Dinah / Jennie Jerome
- Norman's Parking Ticket (1987) ... Dinah / Jennie Jerome
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 1986 Keeping Track
Mickey Tremaine
 1986 Vanishing Act (TV Movie)
Chris Kenyon
 1986 GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Solitaire (voice)
 1985 Picking Up the Pieces (TV Movie)
Lynette Harding
 1985 The Hitchhiker (TV Series)
Jane Reynolds
- Nightshift (1985) ... Jane Reynolds
 1985 Little Treasure
Margo
 1985 Miss Right
Juliette
 1984 The Glitter Dome (TV Movie)
Willie
 1984 Louisiana (TV Movie)
Virginia Tregan
 1983 Pygmalion (TV Movie)
Eliza Doolittle
 1983 Superman III
Lois Lane
 1983 Trenchcoat
Mickey Raymond
 1982 Bus Stop (TV Movie)
Cherie
 1982 Some Kind of Hero
Toni
 1981 Heartaches
Rita Harris
 1980 Superman II
Lois Lane
 1980 Willie & Phil
Jeannette Sutherland
 1979 The Amityville Horror
Kathy Lutz
 1978 Shoot the Sun Down
The Woman
 1978 Superman
Lois Lane
 1976 Switch (TV Series)
Andrea Morris
- The Twelfth Commandment (1976) ... Andrea Morris
 1975 92 in the Shade
Miranda
 1975 The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Marcia Curtis
 1975 Baretta (TV Series)
Terry Lake
- The Secret of Terry Lake (1975) ... Terry Lake
 1975 The Great Waldo Pepper
Maude
 1974 Black Christmas
Barb
 1974 The Dion Brothers
Margie
 1974 A Quiet Day in Belfast
Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery
 1974 Honky Tonk (TV Movie)
Lucy Cotton
 1973 Barnaby Jones (TV Series)
Lori Wright
- Trial Run for Death (1973) ... Lori Wright
 1973 Harry O (TV Series)
Helen
- Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On (1973) ... Helen
 1973 The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series)
Gerry
- Suicide Club (1973) ... Gerry
 1972 Sisters
Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
 1972 Banacek (TV Series)
Linda Carsini
- A Million the Hard Way (1972) ... Linda Carsini
 1972 The Bounty Man (TV Movie)
Mae
 1971-1972 Nichols (TV Series)
Ruth
- Bertha (1972) ... Ruth
- All in the Family (1972) ... Ruth
- Wonder Fizz Flies Again (1972) ... Ruth
- Man's Best Enemy (1972) ... Ruth
- Fight of the Century (1972) ... Ruth
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 1971 Suddenly Single (TV Movie)
Jackie
 1971 The Manipulators (TV Series)
- X-Kalay (1971)
 1969-1970 Adventures in Rainbow Country (TV Series)
Sportscar Driver / Dr. Janet Rhodes
- The Tower (1970) ... Sportscar Driver (uncredited)
- Long, Tough Race (1969) ... Dr. Janet Rhodes
 1970 Mod Squad (TV Series)
Claire Allen
- Call Back Yesterday (1970) ... Claire Allen
 1969 Gaily, Gaily
Adeline
 1969 McQueen (TV Series)
Jenny
- Man with the Green Head (1969) ... Jenny
- Home Is Where the Draft Ain't (1969) ... Jenny
- All the World's a Stage (1969) ... Jenny
 1969 Corwin (TV Series)
Denny
- Does Anybody Here Known Denny? - Part 2 (1969) ... Denny
- Does Anybody Here Known Denny? - Part 1 (1969) ... Denny
 1969 Festival (TV Series)
- Penny for a Song (1969)
 1968 Wojeck (TV Series)
- After All, Who's Art Morrison Anyway? (1968)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(3/75) Posed nude for Playboy magazine.

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies | 1 Portrayal | 4 Interviews | 9 Articles | 14 Pictorials | 8 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Spouse:

Philippe de Broca  (divorced) | See more »

Children:

Maggie McGuane

Parents:

Wilson, Jocelyn Mary | Kidder, Kendall

Relatives:

Janet Kidder (niece or nephew) | See more »
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Personal Quote:

[on acting in film and TV, 2008] I'm not choosy at all! I'll do practically anything. I'm the biggest whore on the block. I live in a little town in Montana, and you have to drag me out of here to get to L.A., so I'm not readily available. But unless it's something sexist or cruel, I just love to work. I've done all sorts of things, but you just haven't seen them because they're often very bad ... See more »

Trivia:

On Aug 25, 2002, she suffered a broken pelvis near Belfast, Maine, when her GMC Yukon hit a raised pavement and rolled over several times. She had just come from hosting the 15-Minute Festival, a series of original plays staged at the National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped. She was on her way to Montreal at the time of the accident. Kidder's friend, David Stuckey, said that the actress ... See more »

Nickname:

Margie

Star Sign:

Libra
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