Source: Variety. Margot Kidder, the actress best known for playing Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the “Superman” films, has died. She was 69. The actress died in her sleep at her home on Sunday, May 13, 2018, in Livingston, Mont., according to her publicist .
Born Oct. 17, 1948, in Canada, Kidder got her start in low-budget Canadian films and TV shows before landing a role in 1970’s “Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx” opposite Gene Wilder. She later appeared in 1973’s “Sisters,” “The Great Waldo Pepper” with Robert Redford, and 1979’s “The Amityville Horror.”
She rose to prominence as Lois Lane, the award-winning Daily Planet journalist and Clark Kent’s love interest in all four “Superman” films from 1978 to 1987.
She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2015 for her role on the children’s TV show “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour.”
Kidder was married and divorced three times. She only had a child with her first husband, novelist Thomas McGuane. Her daughter, Maggie, was born in 1976. Kidder wed actor John Heard in 1979 for six days. She later was married to French director Philippe de Broca from 1983 to 1984. Kidder has two grandchildren.
Born Oct. 17, 1948, in Canada, Kidder got her start in low-budget Canadian films and TV shows before landing a role in 1970’s “Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx” opposite Gene Wilder. She later appeared in 1973’s “Sisters,” “The Great Waldo Pepper” with Robert Redford, and 1979’s “The Amityville Horror.”
She rose to prominence as Lois Lane, the award-winning Daily Planet journalist and Clark Kent’s love interest in all four “Superman” films from 1978 to 1987.
She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2015 for her role on the children’s TV show “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour.”
Kidder was married and divorced three times. She only had a child with her first husband, novelist Thomas McGuane. Her daughter, Maggie, was born in 1976. Kidder wed actor John Heard in 1979 for six days. She later was married to French director Philippe de Broca from 1983 to 1984. Kidder has two grandchildren.
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