Margot Kidder (born Margaret Ruth Kidder on October 17, 1948) is a Canadian-American film actress who achieved fame playing Lois Lane in the Superman movies of the 1970s and 1980s.
Real name: Robert Shaen Dawe Character: Inspector Henderson in the Adventures of Superman TV Show (1953-57) Birth Date: October 4, 1900 Birth Place: Yonkers, NY Date of Death: 29 November 1992 Place of Death: Woodland Hills, California Marital Status: Married Robert Shayne (1900-1992) Inspector Henderson in "Adventures of Superman" Robert Shaen Dawe was born in Yonkers, NY on October 4th, 1900 and moved to Rochester Indiana shortly thereafter. When World War I erupted, Dawe's father began working for the YMCA, and his mother took the family east, where he completed his high school education in Washington DC., and then returned to Indiana to work with his father and brother in a wholesale grocery business.
Real name: Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell Character: Lois Lane in Superman and the Mole Men (1951) and the first year of Adventures of Superman TV Show (1952) Birth Date: January 15, 1927 Birth Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Marital Status: Presently divorced; has 3 children Phyllis Coates (1927-) Television's first Lois Lane Phyllis Coates became the second actress to portray the role of Lois Lane Superman's favorite female reporter, on-screen appearing in the movie, Superman and the Mole Men (1951) which starred George Reeves as Superman. This movie essentially served as the pilot for the television series and it's success lead to the immediate decision to begin production on a television series immediately following the movie, later in 1951. Ms. Coates was asked to reprise her role during the premier year of the television series. Due to conflicts with the producer and prior commitments Phyllis decided not to return to the role when filming resumed in 1953, and Noel Neill, who had played the role in the first two Superman serials, was called in to replace her.
Real name: John Rummel Hamilton Character: Perry White in the Adventures of Superman TV Show (1952-57) Birth Date: January 16, 1886 Birth Place: Shippensberg, PA Date of Death: October 15, 1958 Place of Death: Glendale, California
Marital Status: Married; one son John Hamilton (1886-1958) Played Perry White in The Adventures of Superman
Date of Birth: 30 January 1930, San Bernardino, California, USA Birth Name: Eugene Allen Hackman Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
A child of a broken home, Gene Hackman left home at 16 for a 3-year hitch with the Marines. Moving to New York after being discharged, he worked in a number of menial jobs before studying journalism and television production on the G.I. Bill at the University of Illinois.