Catherine O'Hara, Beloved Actress Best-known for Schitt's Creek and Home Alone, Has Died at 71

Catherine O'Hara, the beloved histrion champion known for her roles arsenic Moira Rose successful Schitt's Creek and Kate McCallister successful Home Alone, has reportedly died astatine the property of 71.

This comes from TMZ, which spoke to 2 sources with nonstop cognition of the matter, arsenic good arsenic Variety, which confirmed with her manager. Variety reports that O'Hara died astatine her location successful Los Angeles, pursuing "a little illness."

Catherine O'Hara. Photo by Robby Klein/Getty Images

O'Hara had a storied vocation spanning implicit 50 years, opening successful 1974 arsenic a The Second City formed subordinate successful Toronto and moving into sketch shows, cartoon dependable work, and yet assorted tv and movie roles. In film, she appeared arsenic Delia Deetz successful Beetlejuice, Kate McCallister successful Home Alone and Home Alone 2, was the dependable of Sally successful The Nightmare Before Christmas (a relation which she besides voices successful Disney Dreamlight Valley and Disney Speedstorm), and Cookie Fleck successful Best successful Show. We interviewed her backmost successful 2012 astir her relation arsenic Susan Frankenstein successful Frankenweenie.

In television, O'Hara was best-known for portraying the eccentric Moira Rose successful Schitt's Creek from 2015-2020 crossed each six seasons, a relation for which she won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress successful a Comedy Series, arsenic good arsenic a Golden Globe for Best Actress. She besides appeared successful galore different roles, specified arsenic Carol Ward successful Six Feet Under, Dr. Orwell successful A Series of Unfortunate Events, and astir precocious Patty Leigh successful The Studio, and Gail Lynden successful The Last of Us. Her last movie appearances included arsenic Ruth successful Argylle, a reprise of her portrayal of Delia successful Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the dependable of Pinktail successful The Wild Robot, and arsenic herself successful the documentary John Candy: I Like Me.

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