Margot Kidder is an actress.
Margot Kidder . Kidder began her career in the 1960s appearing in low-budget Canadian films and television series , before landing a lead role in Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx ( 1970 ) . Her performance as Kathy Lutz in the blockbuster horror film The Amityville Horror ( 1979 ) gained her further mainstream exposure . Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx . It stars Gene Wilder as the titular Quackser Fortune , a poor Irish manure collector who falls in love with an American exchange student ( Margot Kidder ) after she almost runs him over .