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Margot Kidder

Actress

Born - 17 October 1948, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Died - 13 May 2018

Brunette beauty from the wilds of Canada's Northwest Territories, the daughter of a mining engineer. Already suffering from the mood swings that were later to lead to mental illness, she conceived a passion for acting and moved to Los Angeles where she won her first film role at just 20. After several more, she found her iconic role as Lois Lane in Superman (1978). Other credits, including many TV movies, include Chicago, Chicago (1969), Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970), Blood Sisters (1972), Black Christmas (1974), The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), The Amityville Horror (1979), Superman II (1980), Trenchcoat (1982), Superman III (1983), Little Treasure (1985), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Mob Story (1989), Delirious (1991), Maverick (1994), Twisted (1997), The Hi-Line (1999), Crime and Punishment (2002), The Last Sign (2005), Halloween II (2009), Real Gangsters (2013), No Deposit (2015), The Neighborhood (2017), her last, and many others. Born Margaret Kidder, her three marriages, to writer Thomas McGuane, actor John Heard and director Philippe de Broca, all lasted little more than a year. Committed suicide with a drug overdose.