Actress Catherine O’Hara has died after a brief illness at her home in Los Angeles. He was 71 years old. Born in Toronto, Canada, she took her first steps in front of the camera in Canadian sketch comedy Second City Television (Sctv), between 1976 and 1984.
From Canada to Hollywood
Success then came to Hollywood with the participation in Beetlejuice by Tim Burton in 1988 and, two years later, in Mom I missed the planewhere she played Kevin’s mother, a role that made her very popular with the general public.
The return to TV and the Emmy
The return to television origins in the six seasons of the comedy series Schitt’s Creek it earned her an Emmy Award. In the last ten years O’Hara had experienced a new season of success thanks to the series created by Daniel Levy, in which she played the role of Moira Rose, a former soap opera actress married to her historic friend Eugene Levy, David’s father in life and in TV fiction.
The latest roles
O’Hara had recently returned to the role of Delia Deetz in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. He also participated in the second season of the acclaimed series The Last of Us by HBOMax et al The Studioa Point Gray Pictures production for Apple TV, among the most awarded comedies of 2025.
The legacy of Sctv
O’Hara was part of the ensemble of the Canadian comedy series Sctvwhich also helped launch the careers of John Candy, Eugene Levy and Rick Moranis, Canadian stars who became internationally known.