Catherine Anne O'Hara (March 4, 1954 – January 30, 2026) was a Canadian-American actress and comedienne, who began her career at Second City Theatre in Toronto. She gained fame on SCTV alongside comedy icons like Rick Moranis and John Candy. Known for roles in films like "After Hours," "Beetlejuice," "Home Alone," and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," she was also renowned for her work in Christopher Guest's mockumentaries. Her versatility extends to voicing Grandma Frump in "The Addams Family." O'Hara received a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award at the Governor General's Performance Arts Awards in 2020 and a Golden Globe in 2021 for her role in "Schitt's Creek," and two career Emmy Awards (one for Outstanding Writing "SCTV Network" in 1982 and one for Outstanding Lead Actress for "Schitt's Creek" in 2020). Her final roles were in the television series "The Last of Us" and "The Studio," both of which earned her Emmy nominations.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2020
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2016
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1990
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2024
Late Show with David Letterman
1994
Saturday Night Live
1991
Modern Family
2015
The View
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2020
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2009
The Outer Limits
1997

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
153
Directing
2
Writing
6
Producing
1
Crew
1
2026
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self
2026
SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of
as Self (Archival Footage) · unreleased
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor, SCTV
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
as Self
2025
The Studio
as Patty Leigh
2025
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
2025
The Last of Us
as Gail
2025
The Emmy Awards
as Self
2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
as Self (footage)
2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Delia
2024
The Wild Robot
as Pinktail (voice)
2024
Argylle
as Ruth
2024
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2023
Elemental
as Brook (voice)
2023
Pain Hustlers
as Jackie
2021
Back Home Again
as Mayor Owl (voice)
2021
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
as Self
2021
Extinct
as Alma (voice)
2021
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
2021
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
as Self
2021
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
2020
Canada Far and Wide
as Self
2020
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
as Self
2020
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
as Self
2020
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant
2020
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2020
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2020
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2019
The Addams Family
as Grandma Frump (voice)
2019
The Last Kids on Earth
as Skaelka (voice)
2018
PaparaGilles
as Self
2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Dr. Orwell
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Being Canadian
as Self
2015
Modern Family
as Dr. Debra Radcliffe
2015
Schitt's Creek
as Moira Rose
2015
What Lives Inside
as Sarah Delaney
2015
Moonbeam City
as Glam (voice)
2015
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2014
Inside Comedy
as Self
2013
A.C.O.D.
as Melissa
2013
The Right Kind of Wrong
as Tess
2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
2013
The Greatest Event in Television History
as Muriel Rush
2012
Frankenweenie
as Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
2012
30 Rock
as Pearline
2010
Temple Grandin
as Aunt Ann
2010
Killers
as Mrs. Kornfeldt
2010
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremony
as Herself
2009
Where the Wild Things Are
as Judith (voice)
2009
Away We Go
as Gloria Farlander
2009
Glenn Martin, DDS
as Jackie Martin
2009
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Bam Bam
2008
Good Behavior
as Jackie West
2008
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2008
Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection
as Narrator
2007
Penelope
as Jessica Wilhern
2006
Brother Bear 2
as Kata (voice)
2006
Over the Hedge
as Penny (voice)
2006
Monster House
as Mom (voice)
2006
For Your Consideration
as Marilyn Hack
2006
Christmas with SCTV
2006
Game 6
as Lillian Rogan
2006
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
as Duchess Rowena (voice)
2006
The View
as Self
2006
Second City: First Family of Comedy
as Self (Archival Footage)
2006
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
2005
Chicken Little
as Tina - Alien Mom (voice)
2005
Wild About Books
2005
John Candy: Comic Spirit
as Self
2004
Surviving Christmas
as Christine Valco
2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Justice Strauss
2004
The Wool Cap
as Gloria
2004
The Oscars
as Self
2003
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
as Astro Glide
2003
A Mighty Wind
as Mickey Crabbe
2003
Six Feet Under
as Carol Ward
2002
Orange County
as Cindy Beugler
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
2002
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Catherine (voice)
2002
Bram & Alice
as Ms. O'Connor
2001
Speaking of Sex
as Connie Barker
2001
Committed
2000
Best in Show
as Cookie Fleck
2000
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
as Lorna Mae Loon (voice)
2000
MADtv
as Woman on Blind Date
1999
Bartok the Magnificent
as Ludmilla (voice)
1999
Late Last Night
as Dr. Fontes
1999
The Life Before This
as Sheena
1999
Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes
as Kate
1999
Oh Baby
1998
Home Fries
as Beatrice Lever
1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
1997
Waiting for Guffman
as Sheila Albertson
1997
Hope
as Muriel Macswain
1997
Pippi Longstocking
as Mrs. Prysselius (voice)
1997
Pippi Longstocking
1997
The Outer Limits
as Becka Paulson
1996
The Last of the High Kings
as Cathleen
1995
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
as Calamity Jane
1994
Wyatt Earp
as Allie Earp
1994
The Paper
as Susan
1994
A Simple Twist of Fate
as April Simon
1994
Tales from the Crypt
as Geraldine Ferrett (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")
1994
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Sally / Shock (voice)
1993
Friends of Gilda
as Self
1993
The Hidden Room
as Laurel Brody
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Kate
1992
There Goes the Neighborhood
as Jessie Lodge
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Catherine O'Hara
1991
Rabbit Ears - Finn McCoul
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Morton & Hayes
as Amelia Von Astor
1991
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1990
Home Alone
as Kate
1990
Little Vegas
as Lexie
1990
Dick Tracy
as Texie Garcia
1990
Betsy's Wedding
as Gloria Henner
1990
Dream On
as Irma
1990
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1989
I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
as Nancy Mae
1989
Andrea Martin... Together Again
1988
Beetlejuice
as Delia
1988
The Best of SCTV
1988
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
as Miss Malone
1988
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1986
Heartburn
as Betty
1986
Really Weird Tales
as Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving")
1986
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
as Marie Antoinette
1986
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1985
After Hours
as Gail
1985
PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome
as Mary Marcus
1985
The Last Polka
as Lemon Twin
1985
Tears Are Not Enough
as Self
1985
George Burns Comedy Week
as Sally Hayes
1984
The New Show
1983
Rock & Rule
as Aunt Edith (voice)
1983
SCTV Channel
1982
Rome, Italian Style
as Ursula Schneider
1981
SCTV Network 90
as Various
1980
From Cleveland
as Various
1980
Easter Fever
as Scarlett O'Hare (voice)
1980
Double Negative
as Judith
1980
Nothing Personal
as Audrey
1979
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
as Ma Spademinder (voice)
1978
Witch's Night Out
as Malicious (voice)
1976
Second City Television
as Self - Various Characters
Twilight Park
as Queen Henrietta