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Catherine O’Hara tributes: Beloved Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek star remembered as Hollywood reacts

Catherine O’Hara tributes: Beloved Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek star remembered as Hollywood reacts

Published by Daniella Wilson

O’Hara’s cause of death not known Her manager confirmed to Variety that O’Hara died at home in Los Angeles Friday morning following a brief illness. A cause of death was not released. Caitlin Hornik30 January 2026 20:54 Bravo executive producer Andy Cohen pays tribute “Fell in love at first sight on SCTV and it only got stronger. Rest In Peace, Angel Catherine O’Hara,” Cohen wrote in a caption accompanying a photo of the late actor. Caitlin Hornik30 January 2026 20:53 Justin Theroux mourns ‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice’ co-star Theroux kept his tribute short and sweet, sharing a photo of O’Hara’s director’s chair. Caitlin Hornik30 January 2026 20:44 Hank Azaria honors former co-star Azaria, who worked with O’Hara on the 1999 animated film Bartok the Magnificent, called her “an inspiration to us all.” Caitlin Hornik30 January 2026 20:32 Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pays tribute Sharing a photo from an interaction with Canadian-born O’Hara, Trudeau applauded the late actor for making “people laugh across generations.” Caitlin Hornik30 January 2026 20:24 O’Hara was last pictured in public at …

Catherine O’Hara dies at 71. She starred in ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ : NPR

Catherine O’Hara dies at 71. She starred in ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Catherine O’Hara in Los Angeles in 2025. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Canadian born actress and screenwriter Catherine O’Hara has died at her home in Los Angeles, following a brief illness, according to her agent and manager. She was 71 years old and was known for absurdist comedy. She enjoyed a six-decade career in TV and film playing sometimes over-the-top, but endearing characters. In one of her most memorable roles, O’Hara played the freaked-out mom of rascally son Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) in two Home Alone movies. Later, she portrayed the self-centered, whiny matriarch in the riches-to-rags TV sitcom Schitt’s Creek — a role for which she earned an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award in 2020. Catherine O’Hara and Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. Don Smetzer/20th Century Fox/Alamy hide caption toggle caption Don Smetzer/20th Century Fox/Alamy She won her first Emmy in 1982 for writing on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series Second City Television, or SCTV. She cofounded the show, and created characters such as the show biz has-been Lola Heatherton. …

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone star, dead at 71 following brief illness

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone star, dead at 71 following brief illness

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Catherine O’Hara, the beloved actor known for roles in films and comedies, including Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, has died at the age of 71. O’Hara died Friday in Los Angeles following a brief illness, her manager confirmed to Variety. A cause of death has not been reported. The two-time Emmy winner is perhaps best known for playing Macaulay Culkin’s character Kevin’s mother, Kate McCallister, in the first two Home Alone films — spawning the viral “Kevin!” meme — before going on to play matriarch Moira Rose in 80 episodes of the hit TV series Schitt’s Creek. Most recently, O’Hara appeared on 10 episodes of The Studio and three episodes of The Last of Us. Her work on both series earned her Emmy nominations — the ninth and tenth of her career. In a career that spanned TV and film, Toronto-born …

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ star, dies at 71

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ star, dies at 71

Published by Sam Flores

Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditzy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek”, died Friday. She was 71. O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness”, according to a statement from her agency, Creative Artists Agency. Further details were not immediately available. O’Hara’s career was launched at the Second City in Toronto in the in 1970s. It was there that she first worked with Eugene Levy, who would become a lifelong collaborator — and her “Schitt’s Creek” costar. The two would be among the original cast of the sketch show “SCTV”, short for “Second City Television”. The series, which began on Canadian TV in the 1970s and aired on NBC in the US in the early ’80s, spawned a legendary group of esoteric comedians including Martin Short, John Candy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis and Joe Flaherty. Hollywood didn’t entirely know what to do with O’Hara and her …

Emmy Winning ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Was 71

Emmy Winning ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Was 71

Published by Daniella Wilson

Catherine O’Hara, a gifted comedic actress and two-time Emmy winner, has died. O’Hara died Friday at her home in Los Angeles after a brief illness, her reps at CAA confirmed. She was 71. A native of Toronto, O’Hara was part of the SCTV ensemble that also helped launch the careers of John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis and others. She’s arguably best known for playing Kevin’s (Macaulay Culkin) mother, Kate, in the Home Alone movies and had a career renaissance in the past 10 years with Schitt’s Creek — winning an Emmy for her role as a faded soap opera actress opposite old friend Levy — and The Studio, for which she earned an Emmy nomination last year. She won an Emmy in 2020 for playing Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek. She also earned an Emmy for her work on SCTV Network in 1982 and was nominated eight other times for acting and writing awards. O’Hara was a double nominee in 2025, scoring anod best guest actress in a drama series for HBO’s The Last of …

Catherine O’Hara, Beloved Emmy Winner and Schitt’s Creek Star, Dies at 71

Catherine O’Hara, Beloved Emmy Winner and Schitt’s Creek Star, Dies at 71

Published by Sam Flores

Catherine O’Hara, the Canadian actor and comedian beloved for her long career and roles in projects as varied as the Home Alone films, Beetlejuice, absurdist comedies like Best in Show, and the hit TV series Schitt’s Creek, died on Friday, her manager confirmed to Vanity Fair. She was 71 years old. O’Hara, a Toronto native, won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, and two Actor Awards throughout her career. Adored by audiences and colleagues alike, O’Hara spoke to Vanity Fair in 2025 about learning from her costars, singling out friend and Second City castmate Gilda Radner as particularly important. “I worked with really inspiring people, and I’m still trying to practice what they taught me,” O’Hara said. “I understudied her and just watched her—she was not the type to pontificate or consciously be a mentor, but she just was by example.” Most recently, O’Hara had roles in zombie thriller The Last of Us and Seth Rogen’s Hollywood send-up The Studio, the former of which saw her take a dramatic turn. Though she was an industry veteran, …

Catherine O’Hara, who starred in Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, has died | World News

Catherine O’Hara, who starred in Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, has died | World News

Published by Sam Flores

Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy-winning actor who starred as Kevin’s beleaguered mother in Home Alone and the eccentric Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek, has died. The Canadian-American comedy star, who won her second career Emmy, for Lead Actress, in Schitt’s Creek in 2020, was 71. She died on Friday at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness,” her agency, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), said in a statement. No further details were available. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Instagram cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Instagram cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow Instagram cookies for this session only. Enable Cookies Allow Cookies Once Image: Catherine O’Hara and her …