Catherine O’Hara, star of Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone, dies at 71

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  • Canadian-American actress, comedian and screenwriter Catherine O’Hara, best known for her roles in the movies Home Alone and Beetlejuice and TV series Schitt’s Creek, has died aged 71
  • Her death was confirmed to the BBC by her manager
  • Most recently, she acted in Apple TV’s The Studio and HBO’s The Last of Us
  • Among the accolades O’Hara won during her career are two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • She is survived by her husband, production designer Bo Welch, and her two sons

Catherine O’Hara, the comedic actress best known for her starring roles in the Home Alone and Beetlejuice films, as well as her Emmy-winning turn in Schitt’s Creek, has died aged 71.

The Canadian star rose to fame through Toronto’s Second City improvisation troupe and on SCTV, before making a name for herself in the US in 1988’s Beetlejuice and as the matriarch in the holiday classic Home Alone.

O’Hara, whose colleagues remembered her as a “wonderful person, artist and collaborator”, most recently appeared in the Emmy-winning comedy The Studio and HBO’s The Last of Us.

In a statement to the BBC, O’Hara’s agent said she died on Friday at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness.

O’Hara had a late-career surge thanks to the Canadian comedy series Schitt’s Creek, which became one of the biggest hits of the Covid lockdown.

The fish-out-of-water comedy show followed the wealthy Rose family as they abruptly lose their money and mansion, and are forced to move into a shabby motel in a deadbeat town they bought as a joke.

O’Hara’s character Moira was a particular delight, with her wildly fluctuating accent, outlandish fashion sense, and brilliant one-liners.

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