Actor, also known for Beetlejuice and her work with Christopher Guest, died after a brief illness
Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Schitt’s Creek, Home Alone and Best in Show, has died at the age of 71.
Her manager confirmed the news to Variety. She died after a brief illness.
O’Hara started her comedy career in the 1970s and helped to create the Canadian sketch show SCTV. She broke into film in the 1980s with her first big screen credit in romantic comedy Nothing Personal with Donald Sutherland and in 1985 she had a role in Martin Scorsese’s black comedy After Hours.
In 1988, O’Hara starred in Tim Burton’s comedy horror Beetlejuice and later reprised the role in the 2024 sequel. On the set of the original, she met her husband, production designer Bo Welch and they married in 1992.
