--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Celebrities Mourn the Death of Lois Lane Actor Margot Kidder  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 14, 2018 6:36 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES - 1985: Actress Margot Kidder poses for a portrait in 1985 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - 1985: Actress Margot Kidder poses for a portrait in 1985 in Los Angeles, California. (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. Stars took to social media to celebrate Kidder’s legacy, applauding the work she did both on and off the screen. > [](https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/996070837957677056) > [](https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/996090283422035968) > [](https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/996083812512796672) > [](https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/996076136705724416) > [](https://twitter.com/alroker/status/996076158700740610) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5276795/celebrities-on-margot-kidder-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5276795/celebrities-on-margot-kidder-death/"},"headline":"Celebrities Mourn the Death of Lois Lane Actor Margot Kidder","datePublished":"2018-05-14T18:36:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:51.296Z","description":"She was 69","url":"https://time.com/5276795/celebrities-on-margot-kidder-death/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cb83bc03d998683/6989305dcf40a84be6c4c364/margot-kidder-dead-celebrity-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cb83bc03d998683/6989305dcf40a84be6c4c364/margot-kidder-dead-celebrity-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Margot Kidder Portrait Session","caption":"Margot Kidder Portrait Session","creditText":"Harry Langdon—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5276795/celebrities-on-margot-kidder-death/","name":"Celebrities Mourn the Death of Lois Lane Actor Margot Kidder"}}]}] ```