Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy-winning actor known for comedic roles across the decades — from Kevin’s beleaguered mom in Home Alone to the iconic Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek — died Friday (Jan. 30) at 71.
The Canadian-born O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness,” according to a statement from her agency, CAA. 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, which would help launch the careers of other top Canadian comedians, such as Martin Short and Andrea Martin.
O’Hara’s dramatic turn in HBO’s The Last of Us earned her an Emmy nomination, as did her recent role as a Hollywood producer in The Studio.
She was also famed for her roles in both Beetlejuice and its sequel, The Nightmare Before Christmas, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show and much more.
She is survived by her husband, Bo Welch, and sons Matthew and Luke.
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