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Margot Kidder, Lois Lane of 'Superman' Films, Dead at 69
Margot Kidder, Lois Lane of 'Superman' Films, Dead at 69
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Actress also
starred in 'Sisters,' 'The Amityville Horror' and 'Black Christmas'
Margot Kidder, the actress who portrayed Lois
Lane in four Superman films, died Sunday at her home in Livingston, Montana at
the age of 69.
The Franzen-Davis Funeral Home & Crematory first announced Kidder's
death, which was later confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter by the
actress' representative. No cause of death was provided.
During the Seventies and Eighties, Kidder's
most prolific decades, the actress starred in films like Brian De Palma's Sisters, The Amityville Horror, The Great Waldo Pepperwith Robert Redford, the slasher classic Black Christmas and, between 1978
and 1987, four Superman films: Superman, Superman II, Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
However, the actress' popularity waned in the Nineties after she suffered a
public breakdown; Kidder was later diagnosed with bipolar disease and became an
activist for mental health.
Kidder was born in 1948 in Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories and lived in remote areas throughout her childhood. "We didn't
have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New
York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie,
with people singing and dancing, and that was it," Kidder told The Guardian in 2005. "I
knew I had to go far away. I was clueless, but I did OK."
Kidder first started acting in Canadian television and
film productions before making her American feature-film debut with a role in
1969's Gaily, Gaily. The
following year, Kidder moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career,
leading to roles in the Gene Wilder-starring Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx and the TV
Western series Nichols.
In 1973, Kidder broke out with her dual role of separated
conjoined twins in director Brian de Palma's psychological thriller Sisters. After starring alongside
Robert Redford in 1975's The
Great Waldo Pepper, Kidder scored the role she's best remembered
for: Playing the Daily Planet's star journalist and Clark Kent's love
interest Lois Lane in the Christopher Reeve-starring film series about the DC
Comics superhero. Kidder landed the Lois Lane role despite having little
knowledge of the Man of Steel beforehand.
"I had a very fierce English teacher mother who felt
that children should not read comic books. So I didn't know anything about
it," Kidder told Superman
Homepage in 2005. "I read one comic before my screen test
and it was about the Daily Planet having a bowling tournament with those
terrible women's libbers. And I thought of myself as a feminist so I read this
and went 'What is this?' So I based my interpretation on the script."
Following two years of filming Superman, Kidder capped off the
Seventies by playing Kathy Lutz in the 1979 hit horror film The Amityville Horror; Superman became
the highest-grossing film of 1979, while The Amityville Horror finished in the Top Five at the
year-end box office.
Over the next decade, in addition to three Superman sequels, Kidder starred
in films like Heartaches, Miss Right and the Richard Pryor
vehicle Some Kind of Hero;
Kidder and Pryor would also appear together in 1987's Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
However, Kidder's career severely stalled in the
Nineties: In 1990, she suffered a serious car crash that prevented her from
acting for two years and forced her into bankruptcy. Six years later, Kidder suffered
a manic episode that became a source of tabloid fodder. As the actress later
explained, her meltdown – sparked by the loss of the computer containing her
in-the-works memoir – involved her believing her first husband was going
to murder her, so she fled her home, cut her hair and pulled her teeth out to
avoid identification. Police ultimately found her on a porch near the studios
where Superman was
filmed.
"I guess I came to terms with my demons,"
Kidder told The Guardian.
"Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at
myself and fix it. People were exploitative; that's human nature. I'll tell
you, being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were
the worst. But you take the cards you're dealt, and I got better. I'm now
ferociously healthy in body and mind."
Kidder remained active in film and television until her
death, including guest roles on Law
& Order: SVU, The L
Word and the Superman-inspired TV series Smallville in a non-Lois Lane
role.
Kidder's last television role, a guest appearance on a
2014 episode of R.L. Stine's The
Haunting Hour, earned the actress a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Performer in Children's Programming.
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Monday, May 15, 2017
Powers Boothe, ‘Sin City,’ ‘Nashville,’ and ‘Deadwood’ Actor, Dies at 68
Powers
Boothe, ‘Sin City,’ ‘Nashville,’ and ‘Deadwood’ Actor, Dies at 68
Powers Boothe, a character actor on the small and big
screen, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 68.
Boothe died in his sleep Sunday morning of natural causes, his rep
tells Variety.
Boothe appeared in several comic book shows and movies, portraying
Senator Roark in “Sin City” and it’s sequel “Sin
City: A Dame to Kill For” (pictured above). He also had a small role
in “The Avengers.”
He also played Gideon Malick for eleven episodes on
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” As a voice actor, he voiced Gorilla Grodd and
Red Tornado on the animated “Justice League” series.
His talents weren’t only limited to genre material. He played former
mayor Lamar Wyatt on 26 episodes of the country drama “Nashville,” as well as
Judge “Wall” Hatflied on “Hatfields & McCoys.” Prior to that, he played
saloon owner Cy Tolliver on “Deadwood” and Vice
President Daniels on “24.”
Actor Beau Bridges tweeted news of Boothe’s passing on Sunday.
“It’s with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my
friend Powers Boothe. A dear friend, great actor, devoted father &
husband.”
In 1980, Boothe took home the Emmy for lead actor in a limited series or
special for playing infamous cult leader Jim Jones in “Guyana Tragedy: The
Story of Jim Jones.”
His other notable film roles included “Red Dawn,” “The Emerald Forest,”
“Tombstone” and Oliver Stone’s “Nixon,” in which he played Alexander Haig.
Born in Snyder, Texas, Boothe joined the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
after graduating from college and worked in theater before moving to film and
television.
According to reps, there will be a private service held in Texas where
he was from. A memorial celebration in his honor is being considered for a
future date. Donations can be made to the Gary Sinise Foundation, which honors
the nation’s defenders, veterans, first responders, their families and those in
need.
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