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Catherine O\u2019Hara, the beloved Home Alone <\/em>and Schitt\u2019s Creek <\/em>star, has died, her manager confirmed to Variety<\/a> on Friday. She was 71. TMZ<\/a> was first to report the news.<\/p>\n The Canadian actress died at her Los Angeles home on Friday following an illness, Variety reported.<\/p>\n O\u2019Hara, born March 4, 1954, in Toronto, Ontario, was best known for her comedic role as Moira Rose on Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em>, which ran for six seasons from 2015 to 2020.<\/p>\n The Dan and Eugene Levy-created sitcom effectively launched O\u2019Hara\u2019s career, which spanned more than four decades, back into the spotlight, where her comedic talents were widely praised. For her portrayal of the eccentric matriarch and former soap opera star, O\u2019Hara received a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy and Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.<\/p>\n More recently, O\u2019Hara appeared in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice <\/em>in 2024, where she reprised her role as eccentric stepmother, Delia Deetz.<\/p>\n In addition to starring on the critically acclaimed Canadian sitcom and returning to her Beetlejuice <\/em>beginnings, O\u2019Hara appeared alongside a young Macaulay Culkin as Kate McCallister, mother to Kevin McCallister, in the holiday films Home Alone <\/em>and Home Alone 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n While the actress enjoyed a career renaissance in her 60s following the debut of Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em>, she had decades of experience to pull from. She began her career in Canada in the mid-70s as a writer and performer on the sketch comedy series Second City Television<\/em>, which earned her the 1982 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.<\/p>\n She went on to appear in a slew of Christopher Guest ensemble comedy films in the \u201800s, including Best in Show, A Mighty Wind <\/em>and For Your Consideration<\/em>. O\u2019Hara later appeared in the TV movie Temple Grandin<\/em> in 2010, for which she received her first-ever acting nomination.<\/p>\n Ahead of her untimely death, O\u2019Hara starred in the first season of the Apple TV series, The Studio<\/em>, on which she played Patty Leigh, a frantic high-ranking producer at the fictional production company, Continental Pictures. She received a 2025 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the Seth Rogen-created series.<\/p>\n O\u2019Hara, who made her last public appearance in September 2025, received the final nomination of her career, Best Supporting Actress on Television at this year\u2019s Golden Globes.<\/p>\n She is survived by her husband, Bo Welch, and their two adult sons, Luke and Matthew.<\/p>\n This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Catherine O\u2019Hara, the beloved Home Alone and Schitt\u2019s Creek star, has died, her manager confirmed to Variety on Friday. She was 71. TMZ was first to report the news. 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