# Margot Kidder dead at 69 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [May 14, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146 "2018-05-14T17:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/21 "2018-05-15T07:04:19Z")
Here she is with James Garner in the TV series _ **Nichols** _, 1971 (age 23). My God, she was gorgeous! :o [![](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/190/1384340532_4.jpg) ](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/190/1384340532_4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/22 "2018-05-15T13:21:38Z")
[This](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629702/) episode of Law & Order: SVU was the first thing I thought of when I heard the news. Best acting (and most gruesome ending) ever. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/23 "2018-05-15T14:12:19Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > She was set to appear at the Motor City Comic Con this weekend, and a local crew [got a phone interview with her mid last week.](https://twitter.com/DrewMikePodcast/status/996069569000329216) that was interesting! RIP, Margo ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/24 "2018-05-15T15:12:32Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Like that’s any excuse for a comic-book superhero. ↑ ::Points up to username:: ↑ & just who do you think knows more about comic-book superheros, you or me? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/25 "2018-05-15T15:17:34Z")
[I wonder if that detective is still up that phone pole waiting to see who comes to claim that sofa?](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070698/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_4) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/26 "2018-05-15T21:58:40Z")
> [@](#): > > & just who do you think knows more about comic-book superheros, you or me? The one who knows how to properly spell Spider-Man? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/27 "2018-05-16T02:57:02Z")
Roseanne Barr tweeted “RIP, Margot Kidder” and Margot’s nephew Orion, who’s a professor at Simon Fraser University, replied, “Keep her name out of your fascist mouth.” ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/28 "2018-05-16T08:04:43Z")
Wait, what? I thought she died years ago! Dammit, brain… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/29 "2018-05-16T15:48:04Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > I loved her casting as Lois Lane. Superman, an alien who is essentially a god and can expect perfection, has as his highest aspiration to be human. Instead of choosing a supermodel or a scientist, he chooses this flawed woman. She smokes, she’s a writer but can’t spell, she’s awkward, but she’s also brave, resourceful and clever. She is what he finds charming about his adopted humanity. She is what being human represents to him. The secret identity thing is him wanting to impress her as Superman, but also wanting her to love him for who he really is. It’s ultimately futile in that once he does establish a relationship with her, she can’t handle it. He is doomed to be alone. Superman 1 and 2 are ultimately a sad story. Well said. She really was fantastic in that role. Rest in peace, Margot. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/30 "2018-05-16T18:21:39Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > [I wonder if that detective is still up that phone pole waiting to see who comes to claim that sofa?](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070698/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_4) If he is, he’s wasting his time. It was a horrible mistake. There was no crime because there was no body. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/31 "2018-05-23T01:03:52Z")
I remember seeing her Playboy spread in the early 70s. One of the captions read something like Margot Kidder has more curves than the Santa Monica FReeway. Nice turn of phrase, that. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/32 "2018-05-23T01:09:43Z")
Margot was very good in the Amityville Horror. I know her bipolar condition was challenging. But I always hoped she’d return to acting. RIP Margot ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/33 "2018-08-09T14:47:55Z")
Bumped. Her death has been ruled a suicide by the county coroner: [MSN](http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/superman-actress-margot-kidders-death-ruled-a-suicide/ar-BBLGe80?ocid=ientp) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/34 "2018-08-09T15:18:33Z")
She was a big reason why the 1950s “Adventures of Superman” were so much better than the 1970s movies she was in. A nut job who smeared our troops ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/35 "2018-08-09T17:21:17Z")
That’s funny, I don’t remember any troop-smearing in the 1978 movie. But there surely must have been, or you wouldn’t be bringing it up. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/36 "2018-08-09T17:40:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > That’s funny, I don’t remember any troop-smearing in the 1978 movie. But there surely must have been, or you wouldn’t be bringing it up. [Must be one of those “fly backwards around the Earth to reverse time” things](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2R7-bFwxmM). ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/37 "2018-08-09T17:46:07Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > ↑ ::Points up to username:: ↑ > & just who do you think knows more about comic-book superheros, you or me? Hey Spidey, be careful; Chronos is a supervillain. > **[Chronos (character)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos_(comics))** > > Chronos is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. These characters take their name from the Greek personification of time and have the ability to time travel. He is the archenemy of the Atom. > The David Clinton version of Chronos first appeared in The Atom #3 and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane. In 1974, Chronos was a founding member of the Injustice Gang. > The Walker Gabriel version of Chronos first appeared in Chronos #1 and was creat... ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/38 "2018-08-09T17:56:32Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > She was a big reason why the 1950s “Adventures of Superman” were so much better than the 1970s movies she was in. A nut job who smeared our troops What is your problem? Go pit her then. I take you still hate Jane Fonda then also? Who else is on your list of irrational hate? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/39 "2018-08-09T18:11:19Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > She was a big reason why the 1950s “Adventures of Superman” were so much better than the 1970s movies she was in. A nut job who smeared our troops Nope, not gonna do it. Not worth it. Well, not in Cafe Society, that is. In the [Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=860171)… ---
**Author:** ![chaika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chaika/32/405_2.png) [@chaika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaika)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146/40 "2018-08-09T18:21:41Z")
How sad that her death has turned out to be suicide. She was a good actress and evidently an admirable person as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margot-kidder-dead-at-69/814146.md?page=3)