Catherine O'hara

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Catherine O'Hara dies at 71 — SNL honored her and she had hosted twice

Catherine O'Hara died Jan. 30 at age 71 at her Los Angeles home, and Saturday Night Live honored the late comedy star with a tribute card during Alexander Skarsgård's Jan. 31 episode, NBC Insider reported. O'Hara was best known for roles in films including

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The Last of Us Returns to HBO Max Top 10 After Catherine O'Hara's Death

Collider reports that HBO's The Last of Us has climbed to No. 3 on HBO Max's top ten streaming chart, more than eight months after the second season finale, dethroning currently airing shows like Industry. The outlet says the surge followed news of Catherine O'

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Catherine O’Hara’s Sally: How a Quiet Heroine Rewrote Animation’s Rules

Catherine O’Hara’s voice performance as Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas (released October 29, 1993) is presented as a quietly radical animated heroine, the article argues — showing that Disney didn’t need princesses to make a hero. The piece notes Sally is not framed as the film’s

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Moira Rose’s Best Motherly Advice from Schitt’s Creek — a Tribute to Catherine O'Hara

With Catherine O'Hara's passing, revisiting Moira Rose's sharpest motherly advice from Schitt's Creek highlights the wit and warmth of one of the show's most memorable figures. Moira is more than a mother on the show — she is a fashion icon

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Catherine O'Hara looked 'gaunt' at last public event 3 months before death

Page Six reported that Catherine O’Hara appeared noticeably frail in her final public appearance three months before she died at 71. The actress attended the 2025 Angel Awards at the Proper Hotel Santa Monica in Los Angeles last October. A guest at the ceremony told the Daily Mail that

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SNL honors Catherine O’Hara with on-air tribute a day after her death

Saturday Night Live paid tribute to Catherine O’Hara during its Jan. 31 episode, airing a tribute card on-screen right before the curtain call a day after the actress’ death. The episode was hosted by Alexander Skarsgård with Cardi B as musical guest. O’Hara died on Friday, Jan. 30,

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Tim Burton pays tribute to Catherine O'Hara after her death at 71

Tim Burton, 67, remembered "special" Catherine O'Hara with a tribute on Instagram on Friday, writing "Catherine, I love you," after the actress died on Jan. 30 at 71, according to a statement shared with Page Six from Creative Artists Agency. Burton shared a behind-the-scenes

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Catherine O’Hara, Canadian actress and comedian, dies at 71

According to The New York Times, Catherine O’Hara, the Canadian comedian and actress, died on Friday at 71. Her career began in the 1970s on the Canadian sketch series SCTV. She worked as a waitress at the Second City theater, understudied Gilda Radner and became a full-time SCTV cast

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Steve Martin and Martin Short toast Catherine O'Hara hours after her death

Steve Martin and Martin Short publicly paid tribute to Catherine O’Hara during an onstage appearance in Austin, Texas, just hours after her death, in a video circulating via TikTok. The pair, both dressed in suits, appeared at the Bass Concert Hall on Friday. In the clip they clinked what

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Brett Cullen visits Catherine O'Hara’s Brentwood home after actress dies at 71

One of Catherine O'Hara's Hollywood co-stars, Brett Cullen, visited her Brentwood, Calif., home a day after the actress died at 71, and was spotted looking somber in a baseball cap and sunglasses. Cullen and O'Hara starred together in the 1994 Western Wyatt Earp; O&

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Catherine O’Hara died at 71 after ‘brief illness’; Daily Mail says husband kept pals in dark

Catherine O’Hara died Friday at age 71 at her home in Los Angeles following a “brief illness,” her agency CAA confirmed to Page Six after an initial report from TMZ. The Los Angeles Fire Department told Page Six it responded to a 4:48 a.m. call to O’

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Catherine O'Hara 'looked healthy' at West Hollywood event two weeks before death

Catherine O'Hara was reportedly "in great spirits" and "looked healthy" during a brief appearance at an event for Supermodels Unlimited magazine at Lisa Vanderpump’s SUR restaurant in West Hollywood on Jan. 13, an insider told Daily Mail — about two weeks before she died

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Steve Martin and Martin Short toast Catherine O’Hara at Austin show hours after her death

Steve Martin and Martin Short paid tribute to Catherine O’Hara onstage during their "The Best of Steve Martin and Martin Short" comedy show in Austin, Texas, just hours after the actress died on Jan. 30 at age 71, a rep confirmed to PEOPLE. Onstage, Short, 75, raised

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Home Alone stars mourn Catherine O’Hara after her death at 71

Catherine O’Hara, who played Kevin McCallister’s mother in the 1990 hit Home Alone and its 1992 sequel, has died at age 71 after being rushed to the hospital in “serious” condition before her passing on Friday, her former co-stars said. O’Hara starred alongside Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci,

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Catherine O'Hara's family to hold private celebration of life after sudden death

Catherine O’Hara’s family said they will hold a “private celebration of life” following the actress’ sudden death at age 71 on Friday. Her team provided an official obituary to Page Six and confirmed the family—including husband Bo Welch and sons Matthew and Luke—will hold the private

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Where to watch Catherine O’Hara’s best performances

Catherine O’Hara, the Canadian actor known for roles from Moira Rose on Schitt’s Creek to Delia Deetz in Beetlejuice, died on Friday at age 71, the New York Times reported on Jan. 30, 2026. The Times compiled a roundup of some of her most memorable film and television

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Where the Schitt's Creek cast is now — Catherine O'Hara died Jan. 2026

Schitt's Creek debuted on CBC in 2015 and ran six seasons before wrapping in 2020; the Emmy-winning comedy has remained a comfort favorite and the cast have gone on to varied projects. One major development since the series ended: Catherine O'Hara died in January 2026 at

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Dan and Eugene Levy lead Schitt's Creek tributes after Catherine O'Hara’s death

CAA confirmed Friday that Catherine O’Hara, best known for playing Moira Rose on Schitt’s Creek, died at age 71 at her Los Angeles home "following a brief illness," and her co-stars led emotional tributes. Dan Levy, who created the show and played his on-screen son David,

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Catherine O'Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71

Catherine O'Hara, the Emmy-winning comic actress known for roles in Home Alone and Schitt's Creek, died on Friday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 71, and Creative Artists Agency, which represented her, confirmed her death, saying she had been briefly ill but not citing

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Catherine O'Hara dies at 71, TMZ reports — Schitt’s Creek and Last of Us star

Catherine O'Hara, the actor known for roles in Schitt’s Creek, the Home Alone films and the second season of The Last of Us, has died at the age of 71, TMZ reports. The outlet says she died earlier on January 30; the cause of death has not

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Dan Levy says he wrote Moira Rose for Catherine O’Hara — 'dream come true'

Years before her death, Dan Levy told Page Six that it was a "dream come true" to work with family friend Catherine O’Hara, saying in a March 2018 interview that he had written the Schitt’s Creek matriarch Moira Rose with O’Hara in mind. "We

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Catherine O’Hara, known for ‘KEVIN!’ moment and Moira Rose, dies at 71

Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy-winning actress celebrated for roles ranging from the mother in Home Alone to Moira Rose on Schitt’s Creek, died at the age of 71 on Friday, the appraisal says. She was already comedy royalty in Canada before becoming known worldwide after the 1990 blockbuster Home

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Catherine O’Hara made Moira Rose Schitt’s Creek’s unapologetic role model

Catherine O’Hara’s portrayal of Moira Rose on Schitt’s Creek turned the former soap‑star matriarch into an unapologetic role model, refusing to shrink for others across the show’s six seasons. Moira was loud, vain, overly dramatic and draped in ever‑changing wigs, often uninterested in becoming

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Macaulay Culkin and Others Pay Tribute to Catherine O’Hara After Her Death

Catherine O’Hara, the actress and comedian known for films such as Home Alone and the television series Schitt’s Creek, died on Friday at the age of 71, and co-stars and fans filled social media with tributes, The New York Times reports. Macaulay Culkin, who played O’Hara’s

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Catherine O’Hara joked “Am I dying?” in 2025 interview a year before her death

Catherine O’Hara made an offhand joke about her own mortality in March 2025, asking “Am I dying or something?” during a Los Angeles Times interview with her "The Studio" co-stars, Page Six reported. The remark resurfaced after news that the actress died on Friday, a death her