Margot Kidder, Lois Lane of ‘Superman’ films, dead at 69
The actress died on Sunday in her home in the northern US state of Montana, according to the funeral home handling her arrangements
Margot Kidder, who catapulted to Hollywood fame in the late ‘70s as Lois Lane in the Superman movies, has died, according to the Montana funeral home handling her arrangements. She was 69 years old.
Kidder starred in the Superman trilogy released between 1978-1983 as hotshot reporter Lane, who was also the love interest of Clark Kent – played by Christopher Reeve, who died in 2004.
She also made a cameo appearance in the 1987 film about the DC Comics superhero titled Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
The actress died on Sunday in her home in the northern US state of Montana, according to the Franzen-Davis Funeral Home & Crematory, which did not specify a cause.
Born Margaret Ruth Kidder on October 17, 1948 in Canada’s Northwest Territories, she grew up in a small town without a movie theater.