{"id":2258539,"date":"2026-01-30T19:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2258539"},"modified":"2026-01-30T19:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:34:20","slug":"catherine-ohara-home-alone-and-schitts-creek-star-dead-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/catherine-ohara-home-alone-and-schitts-creek-star-dead-at-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine O\u2019Hara, \u2018Home Alone\u2019 and \u2018Schitt\u2019s Creek\u2019 star, dead at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Dan Heching, Miriam Elder, celebrity.land<\/p>\n

(celebrity.land) \u2014 <\/b>Catherine O\u2019Hara, the radiant actress whose singular comedic delivery helped elevate movies and TV shows like \u201cBeetlejuice,\u201d \u201cHome Alone\u201d and \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201d to cult classic status, has died. She was 71.<\/p>\n

A statement from CAA, the agency which represented O\u2019Hara, said the actress died Friday \u201cat her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hara got her start at Second City in her native Canada, before turning to film.<\/p>\n

Her roles in \u201cBeetlejuice\u201d (1988) and \u201cHome Alone\u201d (1990) won wide acclaim<\/a>. Soon, she turned to collaborating with director Christopher Guest, starring in many of his iconic mockumentaries, including \u201cWaiting for Guffman\u201d (1996) and \u201cBest in Show\u201d (2000).<\/p>\n

In those films, O\u2019Hara worked often alongside Eugene Levy, becoming a signature duo who went on to co-star in the acclaimed \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201d together. As wayward posh actress Moira Rose, O\u2019Hara\u2019s one-liners were meme gold and earned her critical praise.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hara won an Emmy in 2020 during a Covid-era ceremony that saw stars masked up and celebrating while scattered across the globe, with the action captured on 130 dispatched cameras.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hara thanked creators Eugene and Dan Levy for \u201cbestowing me the opportunity to play a woman of a certain age, my age, who gets to fully be her ridiculous self.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hara also won a Golden Globe for her performance as Moira Rose in the show in 2021.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hara was known for bringing a full commitment to her roles, with exaggerated voice work and a brilliant comedic sense of timing.<\/p>\n

Most recently, she reprised her role as Lydia Deetz for the \u201cBeetlejuice Beetlejuice\u201d sequel and played a felled executive in \u201cThe Studio,\u201d for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for best supporting actress in TV this year.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hara is survived by her husband Bo Welch and sons Matthew and Luke.<\/p>\n

A private celebration of life will be held by the family, according to her agency.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n

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