Superman’s Louis Lane, Margot Kidder, dies aged 69
Margot Kidder, the Canadian actress best known for starring as Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the Superman film franchise of the 1970s and 1980s, has died aged 69.
Kidder passed away on Sunday at her home in Livingston, Montana, according to a notice on the website of Franzen-Davis Funeral Home.
Kidder’s manager Camilla Fluxman Pines said she died peacefully in her sleep. Her cause of death is unknown.
Kidder began acting in the late 1960s and rose to fame in 1978 for her role as Lois Lane in Superman: The Movie. She went on to reprise the part in the movie’s three sequels.
She had many of the movies’ most memorable lines, including “You’ve got me?! Who’s got you?!” when she first encountered superman as she and a helicopter plunged from the top of a Metropolis building.
Despite her acting success, Kidder battled mental health issues her entire life and which at one point left her homeless.
She is survived by her daughter, Maggie McGuane.