Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, (TNS)
Comedy actress Catherine O’Hara, who starred in film classics like “Beetlejuice” and “Home Alone” as well as the television hit, “Schitt’s Creek,” has died. She was 71 years old.
The Canadian actress and comedian died Friday, her manager confirmed to Variety. TMZ was the first to report the news.
The cause of death was not clear and few other details were provided.
O’Hara kicked off her career as a performer and writer on the Canadian sketch comedy show “Second City Television,” or “SCTV.” She went on to star in several Christopher Guest films, including “Best in Show,” “A Mighty Wind” and “For Your Consideration.” Some of her other popular roles include that of Macaulay Culkin’s mother Kate McCallister in the first two “Home Alone” movies, and Moira Rose, the uppity matriarch of the Rose family on “Schitt’s Creek.”
O’Hara earned an Emmy for her work on the show in 2020, decades after she scored her first Emmy for her writing contributions to the sketch comedy TV series “SCTV Network 90.”
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