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Actress Margot Kidder , most famous for play the role of Lois Lane inSuperman : The Movieand its three sequels , has passed away at the years of 69 , as report byVariety . The actress went peacefully in her sleep in her Montana home , according to a program line by Franzen - Davis Funeral Home in Livingston , Montana .
Born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife , Northwestern Territories , Canada , Kidder discovered her love of acting at an former age . send to a embarkation school in her teens in ordination to give her a more stable school environment ( her father ’s job necessitate constant moving , lead in youthful Margaret attending 11 schooltime in 12 long time ) , she was before long playing all the star roles in the school ’s plays , such asRomeo and Juliet . Upon commencement , Kidder move to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a movie star .
It was here that Kidder shared a beach - house with fellow actress Jennifer Salt and they befriended aspiring director Brian DePalma , who cast both actresses in the lead role of his film , Sisters . Before that , Margot Kidder first appeared on - screen in the 1969 filmThe Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar . She also starred opposite Gene Wilder in the romantic comedyQuackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronxand played a major character in the Robert Redford movieThe Great Waldo Pepper .
It was her function inSuperman : The Movie , however , that transformed Kidder into an international film superstar and sieve fable . Though many prominent actress of the day sought the theatrical role of Lois Lane , Kidder beat out Stockard Channing , Ann Archer and Leslie Ann Warren by virtue of having the good on - screen chemistry with actor Christopher Reeve , who played Superman . Kidder would go on to take on Lois Lane opposite Reeve in everySupermansequel that followed .
Kidder ’s career suffered a reverse in the mid-1990s , following a public partitioning . She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and sought discussion . She would later on take a hop back in a grownup way on television receiver , with a number of reoccurring roles onBoston Common , Brothers and Sisters , The L - WordandSmallville . She also star in the critically acclaimed 2002 production ofThe Vagina Monologueson Broadway and won the 2015 Emmy for Outstanding Performer in a Children ’s Series for her execution as Mrs. Worthington inR.L. Stein ’s The Haunting Hour .
Kidder is subsist by one girl , from her first marriage to screenwriter Thomas McGuane , and two grandchild .
REST IN PEACE MARGOT KIDDER: OCTOBER 17, 1948 - MAY 13, 2018
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