Margot Kidder

Margaret Ruth Margot Kidder is a Canadian American actress and activist. She rose to fame in 1978 for her role as Lois Lane in Superman, opposite Christopher Reeve, and her reprisal of the role in the three Superman sequels. Kidder began her career in the 1960s appearing in lowbudget Canadian films and television series, before landing a lead role in Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx .

Kidder, one of five children, was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, the daughter of Jocelyn Mary Jill , a history teacher, and Kendall Kidder, an explosives expert and engineer. Kidder also spent time growing up in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her mother was from British Columbia, Canada and her father was from New Mexico, United States. She is of Welsh and English descent. Kidder was born in Yellowknife because of her fathers job, which required the family to live in remote locations. Her father was manager of the Yellowknife Telephone Company from 1948 to 1951. Kidder recalled her childhood in northern Canada, saying, We didnt have movies in this little mining town. When I wasmy mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it. I knew I had to go far away. I was clueless, but I okay.

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