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Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder

24 movies on Netflix

Biography

Margot Kidder, a Canadian-American actress, worked in film and television for five decades. Born in Yellowknife and brought up in northern Canada and several provinces, she started out in low-budget Canadian productions during the 1960s and took a Canadian Film Special Award in 1969. Early notice came from the comedy Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) and the horror pictures Sisters and Black Christmas (1974). Her international breakthrough was playing Lois Lane in Superman (1978) and Kathy Lutz in The Amityville Horror (1979), two roles that brought Saturn Award nominations and a win for Superman. She returned as Lois in three sequels released from 1980 to 1987. Later credits included the hockey film Chicks with Sticks and Rob Zombie's Halloween II (2009), and in 2015 she won an Emmy Award for R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour.

69years old at death

  • Born Yellowknife
  • Died Livingston
  • Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
  • Margaret Ruth Kidder (birth name)Also credited as Margaret Kidder

Movie Career

Films
24
Career span
40 years1970 to 2010

Genres

First and latest

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  1. About the name

    Kidder adopted the professional name Margot Kidder shortly after her television debut, billed as Margaret Kidder in a January 1968 episode of Wojeck, and used it for the rest of her life.

  2. Behind the camera

    In 1975 Kidder got a job directing a short documentary about the making of The Missouri Breaks, a Western with Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. She filmed arguments and horses being tranquilized, so the producers fired her.

  3. Big break

    After meeting director Richard Donner, Kidder tripped as she walked into the room. Donner said he fell in love with her clumsy behavior, and she was cast in the role.

  4. First role

    Kidder's first film role was in The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar, a 49-minute drama produced by the Challenge for Change and set in a Canadian logging community.

  5. Early training

    Kidder trained as a performer by moving to New York City to study acting after filming Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx in Ireland.

  6. Own stunts

    Kidder learned to hang glide for a March 1975 segment of The American Sportsman, narrating with a remote microphone and finishing with solo flights over the Wyoming Rockies.

Margot Kidder movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Superman1978 Action, Adventure, Dramaas Lois Lane

    IMDb rating 7.4209K votes

  2. Superman II1980 Action, Sci-Fias Lois Lane

    IMDb rating 6.8125K votes

  3. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987as Lois Lane

    IMDb rating 3.858K votes

  4. The Amityville Horror1979as Kathy Lutz

    IMDb rating 6.250K votes

  5. Black Christmas1974as Barb

    IMDb rating 7.157K votes

  6. Sisters1973as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion

    IMDb rating 6.824K votes

  7. The Reincarnation of Peter Proud1975as Marcia Curtis

    IMDb rating 6.42.6K votes

  8. Some Kind of Hero1982as Toni Donovan

    IMDb rating 5.81.9K votes

Most often with

Richard Donner directed three of these films, Richard Lester two. Three actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Marc McClure, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Marc McClureChristopher Reeve, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Christopher ReeveJackie Cooper, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Jackie CooperGene Hackman, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Gene HackmanNed Beatty, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Ned BeattyTerence Stamp, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Terence StampRichard DonnerDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Richard DonnerRichard LesterDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Richard Lester

Films together

Box office

What Margot Kidder's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$809 million

10 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 24 films: 10 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 7 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 5US gross only
  • 7Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Top grosser

Superman1978as Lois Lane$300 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Superman1978as Lois Lane
    $300M37.1% of the total
  2. 2
    Superman II1980as Lois Lane
    $216M26.7% of the total
  3. 3
    The Amityville Horror1979as Kathy Lutz
    $86M10.7% of the total
  4. 4
    Superman III1983as Lois Lane
    $80M9.9% of the total
  5. 5
    Halloween II2009as Barbara Collier
    $39M4.9% of the total
  6. 6
    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987as Lois Lane
    $37M4.5% of the total
  7. 7
    Some Kind of Hero1982as Toni Donovan
    $24M2.9% of the total
  8. 8
    The Great Waldo Pepper1975as Maude
    $21M2.6% of the total
Black Christmas (1974), $4.0 millionSisters (1973), $1.0 million

$5.0 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total

Awards

Three awards and honors, one of them major.

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Margot Kidder's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Emmy Awards
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's ProgrammingWon
Other honors
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleWon
Saturn Award for Best ActressWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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