The filmography of actress Margot Kidder includes over 100 credits in film and television, and spans a total of 50 years. Kidder began her career in her native Canada appearing in small independent films and on Canadian television series, before being cast opposite Beau Bridges in the period comedy Gaily, Gaily (1969). She subsequently starred opposite Gene Wilder in Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970), and in 1972 she had a role in the movie The Bounty Man with Clint Walker, followed by a dual lead role in Brian De Palma's cult thriller film Sisters (1972), and a supporting part in the slasher film Black Christmas (1974). The following year, she co-starred with Robert Redford in the drama The Great Waldo Pepper.
Kidder came to mainstream recognition for her iconic role as Lois Lane in Richard Donner's Superman (1978); she would go on to reprise the role in the film's following three sequels. She garnered additional mainstream recognition for her role as Kathy Lutz in the blockbuster horror film The Amityville Horror (1979).
After a highly publicized nervous breakdown in 1996, Kidder appeared mainly in independent films throughout the 1990s and early-2000s. In 2004, she guest-starred as Bridgette Crosby on the network series Smallville, and also had guest role on the Showtime series The L Word (2006), and the ABC series Brothers & Sisters (2007). In 2014, Kidder won a Daytime Emmy Award for her appearance in R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour. Kidder died in 2018, with her final film credit while she was still alive being the independent Canadian film The Neighborhood (2017). She appeared posthumously in the film Puppy Swap Love Unleashed and will appear posthumously in Robber's Roost, the latter which is her final film role.
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1968 | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar | Rosie Prometer | ||
1969 | Gaily, Gaily | Adeline | Alternate title: Chicago, Chicago | |
1970 | Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx | Zazel Pierce | ||
1973 | Sisters | Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion | Alternate title: Blood Sisters | |
1974 | A Quiet Day in Belfast | Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery | Canadian Film Award for Best Actress | |
1974 | The Gravy Train | Margue | Alternate title: The Dion Brothers | |
1974 | Black Christmas | Barbara "Barb" Coard | Canadian Film Award for Best Actress | |
1975 | The Great Waldo Pepper | Maude Stiles | ||
1975 | The Reincarnation of Peter Proud | Marcia Curtis | ||
1975 | 92 in the Shade | Miranda | ||
1978 | Shoot the Sun Down | The Woman From England | ||
1978 | Superman | Lois Lane | Saturn Award for Best Actress | |
1979 | The Amityville Horror | Kathy Lutz | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress | |
1979 | Mr. Mike's Mondo Video | Herself | ||
1980 | Willie & Phil | Jeannette Sutherland | ||
1980 | Superman II | Lois Lane | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress | |
1981 | Heartaches | Rita Harris | Genie Award for Best Actress | |
1982 | Some Kind of Hero | Toni Donovan | ||
1982 | Miss Right | Juliette | ||
1983 | Trenchcoat | Mickey Raymond | ||
1983 | Superman III | Lois Lane | ||
1985 | Little Treasure | Margo | ||
1986 | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Solitaire | Voice | |
1986 | Keeping Track | Mickey Tremaine | ||
1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lois Lane | ||
1989 | Mob Story | Dolores | ||
1990 | White Room | Madelaine X | ||
1991 | Delirious | Woman In Washroom | Uncredited cameo | |
1992 | Aaron Sent Me | Kaitlynn Prescott | ||
1993 | La Florida | Vivy Lamori | ||
1994 | Maverick | Margret Mary | Uncredited | |
1994 | WindRunner | Sally "Mom" Cima | Television film | |
1994 | The Pornographer | Irene | ||
1994 | Beanstalk | Dr. Kate Winston | ||
1994 | Henry & Verlin | Mabel | ||
1995 | Young Ivanhoe | Lady Margarite | Television film | |
1996 | Never Met Picasso | Genna Magnus | ||
1997 | The Planet of Junior Brown | Miss Peebs | Alternate title: Junior's Groove | |
1997 | Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework | Sol | ||
1997 | Silent Cradle | Cindy Wilson | Television film | |
1999 | Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly | Melanie Kelly | Canadian film | |
1999 | The Hi-Line | Laura Johnson | ||
1999 | The Clown at Midnight | Ellen Gibby | ||
1999 | The Annihilation of Fish | Mrs. Muldroone | ||
1999 | Nightmare Man | Lillian Hannibal | ||
2000 | Tribulation | Eileen Canboro | Alternate title: Apocalypse III: Tribulation | |
2002 | Angel Blade | Frida | ||
2002 | Crime and Punishment | Katerina Marmelodov | ||
2004 | Chicks with Sticks | Edith Taymore | ||
2004 | Death 4 Told | Madam Badeau | Scream Awards for Best Actress, (segment "The Psychic") | |
2005 | The Last Sign | Endora | ||
2006 | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lois Lane | Archive footage; Re-edited director's cut of Superman II |
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2008 | Universal Signs | Rose Callahan | ||
2008 | Love at First Kill | Beth | ||
2008 | On the Other Hand, Death | Dorothy Fisher | Television film | |
2008 | A Single Woman | The Storyteller | ||
2009 | Something Evil Comes | Claudia Brecher | Also known as: Death Among Friends | |
2009 | Halloween II | Barbara Collier | ||
2011 | Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | Marlys Baptiste | ||
2011 | Three of a Kind | Claire | ||
2012 | HENRi | Dr. Calvin | Short | |
2013 | Matt's Chance | Mother Mable | ||
2013 | Real Gangsters | Stella Kelly | ||
2014 | The Dependables | Jean Dempsey | Alternate title: Pride of Lions | |
2014 | The Big Fat Stone | Madge | ||
2015 | No Deposit | Margie Ryan | ||
2016 | The Red Maple Leaf | Amanda Walker | ||
2017 | The Neighborhood | Maggie | ||
2019 | Puppy Swap Love Unleashed | Delilah Higgins | Posthumous release | |
TBA | Robber's Roost | The Woman | Posthumous release; final film role |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1969 | Wojeck | Episode: "After All, Who's Art Morrison Anyway?" | ||
1969 | Adventures in Rainbow Country | Dr. Janet Rhodes / Sportscar Driver | 2 episodes | |
1969 | McQueen | Jenny | 3 episodes | |
1969 | Corwin | Denny | Episodes "Does Anybody Here Know Denny?, Pts. 1 & 2" | |
1970 | The Mod Squad | Claire Allen | Episode: "Call Back Yesterday" | |
1971 | Suddenly Single | Jackie | Television film | |
1971–1972 | Nichols | Ruth | 5 episodes | |
1972 | The Bounty Man | Mae | Television film | |
1972 | Banacek | Linda Carsini | Episode: "A Million the Hard Way" | |
1972 | Harry O | Helen | Episode: "Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On" | |
1973 | Barnaby Jones | Lori Wright | Episode: "Trial Run for Death" | |
1974 | The Suicide Club | Television film | ||
1974 | Honky Tonk | Lucy Cotton | Television film | |
1975 | Baretta | Terry Lake | Episode: "The Secret of Terry Lake" | |
1975 | Wide World Mystery | Gerry | Episode: "Suicide Club" | |
1976 | Switch | Andrea Morris | Episode: "The Twelfth Commandment" | |
1979 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (guest host) | Episode: "Margot Kidder/The Chieftains" | |
1982 | Bus Stop | Cherie | Television film | |
1983 | Pygmalion | Eliza Doolittle | Television film | |
1984 | Louisiana | Virginia Tregan | Television film | |
1984 | The Glitter Dome | Willie | Television film | |
1985 | The Hitchhiker | Jane Reynolds | Episode: "Nightshift" | |
1985 | Picking Up the Pieces | Lynette Harding | Television film | |
1986 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | The Narrator | Full season | |
1986 | Vanishing Act | Chris Kenyon | Television film | |
1987 | Shell Game | Dinah / Jennie Jerome | 5 episodes | |
1987 | The Grand Knockout Tournament | Herself | Television special | |
1988 | Body of Evidence | Carol Dwyer | Television film | |
1992 | To Catch a Killer | Rachel Grayson | Television film | |
1992 | Tales from the Crypt | Cynthia | Episode: "Curiosity Killed" | |
1992–1993 | Street Legal | Charlotte Percy | 2 episodes | |
1993 | Murder, She Wrote | Dr. Ellen Holden | Episode: "Threshold of Fear" | |
1993–1995 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Gaia (voice) | 5 episodes | |
1994 | One Woman's Courage | Stella Jenson | Television film | |
1995 | Burke's Law | Joy Adams | Episode: "Who Killed the Highest Bidder?" | |
1995 | Bloodknot | Evelyn | Television film | |
1996–1997 | Boston Common | "Cookie" de Varen | 5 episodes | |
1994–1996 | Phantom 2040 | Rebecca Madison | 34 episodes | |
1997 | The Hunger | Mrs. Sloan | Episode: "The Sloan Men" | |
1997 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Mistress Helga (voice) | 2 episodes | |
1997 | The Teddy Bears' Scare | Mrs. Jones (voice) | Television film | |
1998 | Touched by an Angel | Rita | Episode: "Miles to Go Before I Sleep" | |
1999 | Lifetime Intimate Portrait | Herself | ||
1999 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Miss Holton / Marla Cooke | Episode: "School of Thought" | |
1999 | La Femme Nikita | Roberta Wirth | Episode: "Walk on By" Nominated – OFTA Television Award for Best Guest Actress in a Cable Series |
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2000 | Amazon | Morag | 3 episodes | |
2000 | Someone Is Watching | Sally Beckert | Television film | |
2000 | The Outer Limits | Serena | Episode: "Revival" | |
2001 | A&E Biography | Herself | ||
2001 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Grace Mayberry | Episode: "Pique" | |
2001 | Mentors | Queen Elizabeth I | Episode: "Her Grace Under Pressure" | |
2001 | Earth: Final Conflict | Dr. Josephine Mataros | Episode: "Termination" | |
2002 | Society's Child | Joan | Television film | |
2004 | Smallville | Bridgette Crosby | 2 episodes | |
2004 | I'll Be Seeing You | Frances Grolier | Television film | |
2005 | Robson Arms | Elaine Wainwright | 1 season | |
2005 | The Last Sign | Endora | Television film | |
2006 | The L Word | Sandy Ziskin | Episode: "Labia Majora" | |
2007 | Brothers & Sisters | Emily Craft | 2 episodes | |
2014 | R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour | Mrs. Worthington | Episode: "Mrs. Worthington" Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1982 | Bus Stop | Cherie | Staged at Garrison Theatre, Claremont, California | |
2001 | The Vagina Monologues | Off-Broadway and touring production |
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