Catherine O'Hara, remembered for playing Kate McCallister, the mother of Kevin, played by Macaulay Culkin, in the nineties Christmas comedy 'Home Alone', began her career on television with the comedy series 'SCTV Network'. Catherine O'Hara, the veteran actress who starred in 'Home Alone', 'Beetlejuice' and 'Best in Show', has died at the age of 71, her representative confirmed to Variety this Friday. According to the same publication, the actress died after a brief, unspecified illness at her home in Los Angeles (California, USA). In recent years, O'Hara had also participated in some of the most acclaimed series of the moment, such as 'The Last of Us' or more recently in 'The Studio', the Apple TV+ series where she played Patty Leigh, a former film studio head who helps Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) direct one of Hollywood's most important studios. Her participation in that series earned her her first Emmy. The second she won in 2020 for her role in the series 'Schitt's Creek', where she played the eccentric and dramatic matriarch of the Rose family, Moira Rose. Born in Toronto in 1954, O'Hara was known for her ability to improvise in comedy. After 'SCTV', the actress starred in films such as Martin Scorsese's 'After Hours' or Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice'. The actress worked with Burton again, lending her voice to the film 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', and was a frequent collaborator with Christopher Guest, with whom she worked in mockumentaries such as 'Best in Show', 'For Your Consideration', among others.
