Catherine O'Hara
March 4, 1954 (71 years old) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Catherine Anne O'Hara, a Canadian-American actress and comedienne, 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's 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 won a Golden Globe in 2021 for her role in "Schitt's Creek."
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Studio as Patty Leigh
- 2024 · The Wild Robot as Pinktail (voice)
- 2024 · Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Delia
- 2024 · Argylle as Ruth
- 2023 · Pain Hustlers as Jackie
- 2023 · Elemental as Brook (voice)
- 2023 · Lynch/Oz as Judith (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021 · An Audience with Adele as Self
- 2021 · The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You as
- 2021 · Extinct as Alma (voice)
- 2020 · Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
- 2020 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell as Self
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2019 · The Addams Family as Grandma Frump (voice)
- 2019 · The Last Kids on Earth as Skaelka (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2017 · A Series of Unfortunate Events as Dr. Orwell
- 2016 · Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
- 2015 · Being Canadian as Self
- 2015 · Moonbeam City as Glam (voice)
- 2015 · What Lives Inside as Sarah Delaney
- 2015 · Schitt's Creek as Moira Rose
- 2014 · PaparaGilles as Self
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2013 · The Right Kind of Wrong as Tess
- 2013 · A.C.O.D. as Melissa
- 2013 · Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- 2012 · The Greatest Event in Television History as Muriel Rush
- 2012 · Frankenweenie as Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
- 2012 · Inside Comedy as Self
- 2010 · Killers as Mrs. Kornfeldt
- 2010 · Temple Grandin as Aunt Ann
- 2009 · Where the Wild Things Are as Judith (voice)
- 2009 · Modern Family as Dr. Debra Radcliffe
- 2009 · Glenn Martin, DDS as Jackie Martin
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Away We Go as Gloria Farlander
- 2006 · For Your Consideration as Marilyn Hack
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Pearline
- 2006 · Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses as Duchess Rowena (voice)
- 2006 · Brother Bear 2 as Kata (voice)
- 2006 · Monster House as Mom (voice)
- 2006 · Over the Hedge as Penny (voice)
- 2006 · Game 6 as Lillian Rogan
- 2006 · Penelope as Jessica Wilhern
- 2005 · Chicken Little as Tina - Alien Mom (voice)
- 2004 · Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Justice Strauss
- 2004 · The Wool Cap as Gloria
- 2004 · Surviving Christmas as Christine Valco
- 2003 · The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch as Astro Glide
- 2003 · A Mighty Wind as Mickey Crabbe
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self
- 2002 · Orange County as Cindy Beugler
- 2001 · Speaking of Sex as Connie Barker
- 2001 · Six Feet Under as Carol Ward
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Bam Bam
- 2000 · Best in Show as Cookie Fleck
- 1999 · Bartok the Magnificent as Ludmilla (voice)
- 1999 · Late Last Night as Dr. Fontes
- 1998 · Home Fries as Beatrice Lever
- 1997 · Hope as Muriel Macswain
- 1997 · Pippi Longstocking as
- 1997 · Pippi Longstocking as Mrs. Helga Prysselius (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Last of the High Kings as Cathleen
- 1996 · Waiting for Guffman as Sheila Albertson
- 1995 · MADtv as Woman on Blind Date
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Becka Paulson
- 1995 · Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure as Calamity Jane
- 1994 · A Simple Twist of Fate as April Simon
- 1994 · Wyatt Earp as Allie Earp
- 1994 · The Paper as Susan
- 1993 · The Nightmare Before Christmas as Sally / Shock (voice)
- 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
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1990 · Home Alone as Kate
- 1990 · Dream On as Irma
- 1990 · Betsy's Wedding as Gloria Henner
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as Texie Garcia
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Geraldine Ferrett (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Herself
- 1988 · The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley as Miss Malone
- 1988 · Beetlejuice as Delia
- 1986 · Heartburn as Betty
- 1985 · After Hours as Gail
- 1984 · The New Show as
- 1983 · SCTV Channel as
- 1983 · Rock & Rule as Aunt Edith (voice)
- 1981 · SCTV Network 90 as
- 1980 · Nothing Personal as Audrey
- 1978 · Witch's Night Out as Malicious
- 1976 · Second City Television as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · The Studio as Amy
- 2025 · Twilight Park as Queen Henrietta
- 2021 · Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine as Self
- 2021 · Back Home Again as Mayor Owl (voice)
- 2020 · Canada Far and Wide as Herself
- 2006 · Second City: First Family of Comedy as Self (Archival Footage)
- 2006 · Christmas with SCTV as
- 2005 · John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self
- 2005 · Wild About Books as
- 2002 · Bram & Alice as Ms. O'Connor
- 2001 · Committed as
- 2000 · Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big as Lorna Mae Loon (voice)
- 1999 · The Life Before This as Sheena
- 1998 · Oh Baby as
- 1991 · Rabbit Ears - Finn McCoul as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Morton & Hayes as Amelia Von Astor
- 1991 · The Hidden Room as Laurel Brody
- 1990 · Little Vegas as Lexie
- 1990 · The Dave Thomas Comedy Show as
- 1989 · Andrea Martin... Together Again as
- 1989 · I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood as Nancy Mae
- 1988 · The Best of SCTV as
- 1986 · Really Weird Tales as Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving")
- 1986 · The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as Marie Antoinette
- 1985 · PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome as Mary Marcus
- 1985 · Tears Are Not Enough as Self
- 1985 · George Burns Comedy Week as
- 1985 · The Last Polka as Lemon Twin
- 1982 · Rome, Italian Style as Ursula Schneider
- 1980 · From Cleveland as Various
- 1980 · Double Negative as Judith
- 1980 · Easter Fever as Scarlett O'Hare (voice)
- 1979 · Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet as Ma Spademinder (voice)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Future · Godspell 2025 as