Two-time Emmy-winning actor Catherine O’Hara, who starred in Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, passed away aged 71 following a brief illness.
Catherine’s manager confirmed to a leading news portal. According to her agency CAA, Catherine died at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness.
Her career in Hollywood spanned five decades, beginning with the Canadian sketch comedy series Second City Television, which she created with Eugene Levy, and for which she earned her first Emmy and earned four nominations. O’Hara went on to star in films such as After Hours, Beetlejuice and the first two Home Alone movies, in which she played the mother of Macaulay Culkin’s character, Kevin.
She maintained a close friendship with Culkin and honored him at his Walk of Fame ceremony in 2023.
She was a frequent collaborator of Christopher Guest’s, appearing in his mockumentary films Best in Show, For Your Consideration, Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind. She had also voiced roles in animated features such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Chicken Little.
Catherine’s recent roles also included the legacy sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, in which she reprised her role as Delia Deetz, and the Apple action film Argylle.
The actress experienced a career renaissance in her 1960s, starting with her role as riches-to-rags housewife Moira Rose in the CBC sitcom Schitt’s Creek, in which she starred opposite Eugene and Dan Levy and Annie Murphy.
She won her second Emmy for Schitt’s Creek, which helped her into other major TV roles in The Last of Us and The Studio.
Born in Toronto, Catherine became a beloved figure in Los Angeles. She is survived by her husband, production designer Bo Welch, and sons Matthew and Luke, along with siblings Michael O’Hara, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Maureen Jolley, Marcus O‘Hara, Tom O’Hara and Patricia Wallice.
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