U.S. actress Noel Neill, who was the first to play the character of Lois Lane on screen, has died at the age of 95.

    She died Sunday at her home in Tucson, Arizona, after a long illness, according to her manager and biographer Larry Ward.

    Neill played the Daily Planet reporter in the 1948 and 1950 movie serials alongside Kirk Alyn as Superman.

    She also played Lois Lane in the TV series “Adventures of Superman” alongside George Reeves between 1953 and 1958.

    Neill also made appearances in the 1978 Christopher Reeve “Superman” film, in an uncredited role as Lois Lane’s mother Ella, and in the 2006 “Superman Returns” film, starring Brandon Routh.

    She also appeared in a 1992 episode of the TV series “Superboy,” based on Superman’s younger years.

    Born in Minnesota, she was the daughter of Minneapolis Star Tribune news editor David Neill and New York vaudeville performer LaVere Neill.

    She started singing and dancing as a child and performed at county and state fairs throughout the midwest in the 1930s.

    Neill moved to Hollywood at 18 and soon got her big break when she was hired by Bing Crosby to sing at his Turf Club at the race track in Del Mar, California.

    In 1941 she was signed up to a contract by Paramount Pictures.

    Noel made close to 100 films in her career and worked with directors including Cecil B DeMille and Vincent Minnelli and actors Bob Hope, Crosby and Gene Kelly.

    In the 1940s and 1950s she appeared in many Westerns and was awarded the 2004 golden boot award — for her many Western films.

    There is a statue of Lois Lane in her likeness in the town of Metropolis, Illinois.

    A public memorial to the actress will be held later this year.

    The character of Lois Lane went on to be played by Margot Kidder in the four Christopher Reeve “Superman” movies in the 1970s and 80s and Kate Bosworth in 2006’s “Superman Returns.” (SD-Agencies)