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48. MARGOT KIDDER FOUND WANDERING IN MANIC-DEPRESSIVE STATE
If life were a game of Clue, you could describe a certain strange mid-'90s scandal as follows: Margot Kidder, behind the woodpile, with the missing dental plate. When police led Kidder from the backyard of a stranger's Glendale, Calif., home on April 24, 1996, it ended a four-day manic-depressive episode that found her wandering L.A., swapping clothes with a homeless person, and ranting that her ex-husband was trying to have her killed.
CAREER IMPACT Minor. The actress, who shot to fame as Lois Lane in 1978's Superman, handled the aftermath with candor and humor, telling Barbara Walters the real tragedy was knowing ''there's somebody downtown with my best Armani suit.'' That zany charm continues to serve Kidder well; she continued to work steadily after the incident, and currently appears as Sally Field's delightfully corruptive pal on ABC's Brothers & Sisters.
