--- title: Celebrities Mourn the Death of Lois Lane Actor Margot Kidder description: Celebrities share their condolences after the death of Margot Kidder, the actress best known for playing Lois Lane in 'Superman.' canonical: https://time.com/5276795/celebrities-on-margot-kidder-death/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-14T18:36:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:51.296Z og:title: Celebrities Mourn the Death of Lois Lane Actor Margot Kidder og:description: She was 69 og:url: https://time.com/5276795/celebrities-on-margot-kidder-death/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cb83bc03d998683/6989305dcf40a84be6c4c364/margot-kidder-dead-celebrity-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Margot Kidder Portrait Session og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrities Mourn the Death of Lois Lane Actor Margot Kidder twitter:description: She was 69 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cb83bc03d998683/6989305dcf40a84be6c4c364/margot-kidder-dead-celebrity-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Celebrities Mourn the Death of Lois Lane Actor Margot Kidder > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images) Harry Langdon—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 14, 2018 6:36 PM UTC Celebrities took to social media to share their condolences after [Margot Kidder](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984504,00.html), the actress best known for playing Lois Lane to Christopher Reeve’s Superman, [passed away](http://time.com/5276840/margot-kidder-superman-dies/) at her home in Montana on Sunday. She was 69 years old. Kidder, who portrayed plucky reporter Lois Lane in 1978’s _Superman_, as well as its three subsequent sequels, appeared in more than 70 movies and television shows during her lifetime, in addition to stage roles. Kidder was also a vocal advocate for mental health, in part because of her own bipolar disorder, something that [made headlines in 1996](http://people.com/archive/cover-story-starting-over-vol-46-no-13/) following her public disappearance. 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