Catherine O'Hara
March 4, 1954 (70 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 Amy
- 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)
- 2021 · An Audience with Adele as Self
- 2021 · Extinct as Alma (voice)
- 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
- 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 · Second City: First Family of Comedy as Self (Archival Footage)
- 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 · 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 · Bram & Alice as Ms. O'Connor
- 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
- 2001 · Committed as
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Bam Bam
- 2000 · Best in Show as Cookie Fleck
- 1999 · The Life Before This as Sheena
- 1999 · Bartok the Magnificent as Ludmilla (voice)
- 1998 · Home Fries as Beatrice Lever
- 1998 · Oh Baby as
- 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 · The Larry Sanders Show as Catherine O'Hara
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · Morton & Hayes as Amelia Von Astor
- 1991 · The Hidden Room as Laurel Brody
- 1990 · Home Alone as Kate
- 1990 · Dream On as Irma
- 1990 · Betsy's Wedding as Gloria Henner
- 1990 · The Dave Thomas Comedy Show as
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as Texie Garcia
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Geraldine Ferrett
- 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 · George Burns Comedy Week as
- 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 · Double Negative as Judith
- 1980 · Nothing Personal as Audrey
- 1976 · Second City Television as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Godspell 2025 as
- 2025 · Twilight Park as Queen Henrietta
- 2021 · Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine as Self
- 2021 · Back Home Again as Mayor Owl (voice)
- 2021 · The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You as
- 2020 · Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
- 2020 · Canada Far and Wide as Herself
- 2013 · Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- 2006 · Christmas with SCTV as
- 2005 · John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self
- 2005 · Wild About Books as
- 2004 · The Wool Cap as Gloria
- 2000 · Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big as Lorna Mae Loon (voice)
- 1999 · Late Last Night as Dr. Fontes
- 1992 · There Goes the Neighborhood as Jessie Lodge
- 1991 · Rabbit Ears - Finn McCoul as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Little Vegas as Lexie
- 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 · The Last Polka as Lemon Twin
- 1982 · Rome, Italian Style as Ursula Schneider
- 1980 · From Cleveland as Various
- 1980 · Easter Fever as Scarlett O'Hare (voice)
- 1979 · Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet as Ma Spademinder (voice)
- 1978 · Witch's Night Out as Malicious
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner