Catherine O'Hara: Remembering the iconic Canadian-born actor
O’Hara rose to prominence as a core cast member of the sketch comedy show Second City Television, collaborating frequently with actor Eugene Levy, whom she later appeared with on Schitt’s Creek.
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Catherine O'Hara in Saturday Night Live (1975)
Catherine O'Hara in Saturday Night Live (1975)
View of, from left, American TV host Tom Snyder as he interviews 'Second City TV' cast members Joe Flaherty, Catherine O'Hara, and Eugene Levy on an episode of 'The Tomorrow Show,' New York, New York, June 11, 1981. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
Catherine O'Hara: SCTV dropout is skating on same ice as Toller Cranston. (Reg Innell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Catherine O'Hara and Steve Martin in 1984. (NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice (1988)
Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice (1988)
Macaulay Culkin and Catherine O'Hara in Home Alone (1990)
Macaulay Culkin and Catherine O'Hara in Home Alone (1990)
Catherine O'Hara as Veronika Goethe, Mike Myers as Dieter during the 'Sprockets' skit on April 13, 1991. (Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)
O’Hara grew up in Toronto, and was an SNL cast member for one week before she quit to continue her work on SCTV. She never filmed an episode. O’Hara hosted SNL on April 13, 1991 and on October 31, 1992.
Catherine O'Hara as Amanda Caldicott, Tim Meadows as Professor Halloway during the 'Frank Gannon, P.I. P.I.' skit on April 13, 1991. (Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)
Catherine O'Hara in Tall Tale (1995)
Parker Posey, Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, and Fred Willard in Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard in Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Fred Willard and Catherine O'Hara dressed as cowboys in a scene from the film 'Waiting For Guffman', 1996. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)
Former cast members of SCTV, from left, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, foreground, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy and Martin Short, pose at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival on March 6, 1999, in Aspen, Colo. (AP Photo/E Pablo Kosmicki)
Catherine O'Hara on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios in Los Angeles, Ca. Thursday, Jan. 4, 2002. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images.)
Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy in A Mighty Wind (2003)
Jim Carrey, Catherine O'Hara, Jane Adams, and Jennifer Coolidge in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Catherine O'Hara and Maya Rudolph in Away We Go (2009)
Katherine Heigl and Catherine O'Hara in Killers (2010)
Claire Danes and Catherine O'Hara in Temple Grandin (2010)
Catherine O'Hara and Ryan Kwanten in The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
Catherine O'Hara, Adam Scott, and Richard Jenkins in A.C.O.D. (2013)
Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy in Schitt's Creek (2015)
Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy in Schitt's Creek (2015)
Catherine O'Hara in Schitt's Creek (2015)
From left: Catherine O'Hara as Pearline, Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney, Brian Cranston as Ron in '30 Rock'. (Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Neil Patrick Harris, Don Johnson, Catherine O'Hara, and Rhys Darby in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
Actress Shailene Woodley, actress Catherine O'Hara, host Jimmy Fallon, and actor Eugene Levy play Pictionary on March 14, 2016. (Andrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Andy Cohen, Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy in Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in 2020. (Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Catherine O'Hara and Jenna Ortega in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
From left: Catherine O'Hara, Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder and Justin Theroux in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Catherine O'Hara and Seth Rogen in The Studio (2025)
James Weaver, Frida Perez, Catherine O'Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Seth Rogen, Chase Sui Wonders and Evan Goldberg poses in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro at SXSW 2025 on March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Robby Klein/Getty Images for IMDb)
Catherine O'Hara and Gabriel Luna in The Path (2025)
Catherine O'Hara in Future Days (2025)
"Best in Show" cast members Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard kiss each others' awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture backstage at the 15th Annual American Comedy Awards at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, Calif., Sunday, April 22, 2001. "Best in Show" also won Funniest Motion Picture. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Actor Catherine O'Hara, a cast member in the upcoming film "Where the Wild Things Are", poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif., Oct. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Actress Catherine O'Hara and her husband Bo Welch arrive for the second annual Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony at the MGM Music Hall, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara perform the best original song nominee A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow from the motion picture A Mighty Wind during the 76th annual Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Catherine O'Hara, left, and Harry Shearer, right, pose in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 11, 2006. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
Catherine O' Hara shares a joke with Sean Cullen (out of frame) backstage at the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto on Sunday , March 12, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Catherine O'Hara, left, and Macaulay Culkin attends a ceremony honoring Culkin with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Actor and comedian Catherine O'Hara, of Toronto and Los Angeles, is invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General Julie Payette during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Actor Catherine O'Hara and guest are seen at the pre-party before the 2007 Spirit Awards Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Actor Catherine O'Hara and husband Bo Welsh attend the red carpet of the opening film "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" presented out of competition during the 81st International Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido, on Aug. 28, 2024. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)
Catherine O'Hara arrives at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Catherine O'Hara arrives at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Catherine O'Hara arrives on the red carpet for the TIFF Tribute Awards at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor
