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She stated in her final wish that her remains would be devoured by a pack of wolves, but her ex-husband Thomas McGuane and their daughter Maggie had her remains cremated instead. Margot's older brother John Kidder returned her ashes to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories one year later. Some of them were also sprinkled in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Was in a serious car crash in 1990 and couldn't work for two years. She went bankrupt.

Found by police in a distressed state, hiding in someone's garden claiming she'd been stalked and attacked. Had apparently cut her hair off with a razor blade. Placed in psychiatric care. Police said there was nothing to support her story. (April 24, 1996)

Although born in Yellowknife, the road that is named Lois Lane in Yellowknife is actually named after a long time Yellowknife resident Lois Little and not after her character in the movies.

Best known as Superman's favorite person, Lois Lane. Her much publicized behavior in 1996 was due to manic depression. She was living in a state of paranoia, convinced that her first husband was trying to kill her. Kidder was at one point homeless. She narrowly escaped being raped, and wandered about the streets of Los Angeles (barely recognizable after cutting her hair off and removing some of her dental work) before hiding underneath a family's porch that was located near the studio where Superman (1978) was filmed. Fortunately, she got her life back on track after having faced the "demons" of her condition.

She was the first choice for the role of Carrie White in Carrie (1976).

On Aug 25, 2002, she suffered a broken pelvis near Belfast, Maine, when her GMC Yukon hit a raised pavement and rolled over several times. She had just come from hosting the 15-Minute Festival, a series of original plays staged at the National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped. She was on her way to Montreal at the time of the accident. Kidder's friend, David Stuckey, said that the actress won't require surgery but will remain for several days at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast. Stuckey said Kidder was in a lot of pain. "But she's in good spirits," he said. "She's OK."

Went to 11 schools in 12 years.

Had one daughter, Maggie McGuane (b. October 28, 1975), with her ex-first husband Thomas McGuane.

She was the daughter of Jocelyn Mary (Wilson), a Canadian history teacher, and Kendall Kidder, an American mining engineer. Her father was born in Mogollon, Socorro, New Mexico, and her mother was from British Columbia. She was of English, as well as Welsh, Northern Irish, Irish, and Scottish descent. Most of her father's family lines were of Colonial American descent, leading to Massachusetts, Maine, and Connecticut.

Along with Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, and Marc McClure, she is one of only four actors to appear in the first four Superman films: Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983), and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987).

In the Banacek (1972) episode, A Million the Hard Way (1972), when Banacek (George Peppard) introduces himself and she replies, "Banacek, just one name? Like Superman?" That was six years before her first appearance as Lois Lane.

She was an active volunteer of the Stafford Animal Shelter while residing in Livingston, Montana.

Has two grandchildren.

After living in the US for 34 years, she became a US citizen in August of 2004 so she could vote against US President George W. Bush as part of her protest against the war in Iraq.

Shared a beach house in California with actress Jennifer Salt in the 1970s.

Aunt of actress Janet Kidder. They both appeared in the same episode (Walk on By (1999)) as Nikita's mother Roberta, young and old, on the TV series, La Femme Nikita (1997).

She was an outspoken supporter of liberal causes, both in the United States and her native Canada.

She was a vocal supporter of LGBT rights.

The second of five children; her siblings include elder brother, BC Green Party co-founder, John Kidder and younger sister, actress turned education activist, Annie Kidder.

Supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.

Actively supported Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign in 1984.

She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Superman (1978).