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Catherine O'Hara

Born 1954-03-04

Died 2026-01-30

📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Catherine Anne O'Hara (March 4, 1954 - January 30, 2026) was a Canadian-American actress and comedienne, who began her career at Second City Theatre in Toronto. She gained fame on SCTV alongside comedy icons like Rick Moranis and John Candy. Known for roles in films like "After Hours," "Beetlejuice," "Home Alone," and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," she was also renowned for her work in Christopher Guest's mockumentaries. Her versatility extends to voicing Grandma Frump in "The Addams Family." O'Hara received a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award at the Governor General's Performance Arts Awards in 2020 and a Golden Globe in 2021 for her role in "Schitt's Creek," and two career Emmy Awards (one for Outstanding Writing "SCTV Network" in 1982 and one for Outstanding Lead Actress for "Schitt's Creek" in 2020). Her final roles were in the television series "The Last of Us" and "The Studio," both of which earned her Emmy nominations.

Filmography 138

Marty, Life Is Short

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

as Self (archive footage)

John Candy: I Like Me

as Self - Actor, SCTV

as Pinktail (voice)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

as Brook (voice)

Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine

An Audience with Adele

Back Home Again

as Mayor Owl (voice)

The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You

as Alma (voice)

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

as Self - Contestant

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell

Stars in the House

Canada Far and Wide

The Addams Family

as Grandma Frump (voice)

The Last Kids on Earth

as Skaelka (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

as Glam (voice)

What Lives Inside

as Sarah Delaney

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

The Right Kind of Wrong

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

The Greatest Event in Television History

as Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)

as Mrs. Kornfeldt

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremony

Where the Wild Things Are

as Judith (voice)

as Dr. Debra Radcliffe

Glenn Martin, DDS

as Jackie Martin

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

as Gloria Farlander

as Jessica Wilhern

For Your Consideration

as Marilyn Hack

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

as Duchess Rowena (voice)

Second City: First Family of Comedy

as Self (Archival Footage)

as Kata (voice)

as Penny (voice)

as Lillian Rogan

Christmas with SCTV

as Tina - Alien Mom (voice)

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

as Justice Strauss

Surviving Christmas

as Christine Valco

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

as Mickey Crabbe

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

as Ms. O'Connor

Searching for Debra Winger

as Cindy Beugler

Speaking of Sex

as Connie Barker

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

as Lorna Mae Loon (voice)

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Cookie Fleck

Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes

The Life Before This

Bartok the Magnificent

as Ludmilla (voice)

Late Last Night

as Beatrice Lever

as Muriel Macswain

Pippi Longstocking

Waiting for Guffman

as Sheila Albertson

The Last of the High Kings

as Woman on Blind Date

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

as Catherine (voice)

The Outer Limits

as Becka Paulson

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

as Calamity Jane

A Simple Twist of Fate

The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Sally / Shock (voice)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

There Goes the Neighborhood

as Jessie Lodge

The Larry Sanders Show

as Catherine O'Hara

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Rabbit Ears - Finn McCoul

as Narrator (voice)

as Amelia Von Astor

The Hidden Room

as Laurel Brody

Betsy's Wedding

as Gloria Henner

as Texie Garcia

Andrea Martin... Together Again

Tales from the Crypt

as Geraldine Ferrett (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley

The Best of SCTV

Really Weird Tales

as Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving")

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

as Marie Antoinette

PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome

Tears Are Not Enough

George Burns Comedy Week

as Aunt Edith (voice)

Rome, Italian Style

as Ursula Schneider

SCTV Network 90

Double Negative

as Scarlett O'Hare (voice)

Nothing Personal

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

as Ma Spademinder (voice)

Witch's Night Out

as Malicious (voice)

Second City Television

as Self - Various Characters

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Emmy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

as Queen Henrietta