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Catherine O'Hara

Born: 1954-03-04

From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About: 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."

Film credits:

Brother Bear 2

Kata (voice)

Home Alone

Kate

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Kate

Beetlejuice

Delia

After Hours

Gail

Rock & Rule

Aunt Edith (voice)

Over the Hedge

Penny (voice)

Penelope

Jessica Wilhern

From Cleveland

Various

Wyatt Earp

Allie Earp

PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome

Mary Marcus

Home Fries

Beatrice Lever

The Paper

Susan

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Sally / Shock (voice)

Temple Grandin

Aunt Ann

Monster House

Mom (voice)

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

Astro Glide

Pippi Longstocking

Mrs. Helga Prysselius (voice)

Back Home Again

Mayor Owl (voice)

Chicken Little

Tina - Alien Mom (voice)

A Mighty Wind

Mickey Crabbe

Heartburn

Betty

Best in Show

Cookie Fleck

An Audience with Adele

Self

Elemental

Brook (voice)

For Your Consideration

Marilyn Hack

A Simple Twist of Fate

April Simon

Surviving Christmas

Christine Valco

Killers

Mrs. Kornfeldt

Frankenweenie

Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)

The Last of the High Kings

Cathleen

Waiting for Guffman

Sheila Albertson

Where the Wild Things Are

Judith (voice)

Witch's Night Out

Malicious (voice)

Bartok the Magnificent

Ludmilla (voice)

Away We Go

Gloria Farlander

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Delia

Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine

Self

The Last Polka

Lemon Twin

A.C.O.D.

Melissa

The Right Kind of Wrong

Tess

Late Last Night

Dr. Fontes

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

Self

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

Ma Spademinder (voice)

Orange County

Cindy Beugler

The Life Before This

Sheena

Pain Hustlers

Jackie

Little Vegas

Lexie

There Goes the Neighborhood

Jessie Lodge

Wild About Books

Canada Far and Wide

Herself

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Calamity Jane

Hope

Muriel Macswain

The Wild Robot

Pinktail (voice)

Being Canadian

Self

Easter Fever

Scarlett O'Hare (voice)

Christmas with SCTV

Double Negative

Judith

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

Lorna Mae Loon (voice)

Really Weird Tales

Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving")

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Justice Strauss

The Wool Cap

Gloria

Game 6

Lillian Rogan

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

Marie Antoinette

Twilight Park

Queen Henrietta

Nothing Personal

Audrey

Speaking of Sex

Connie Barker

Dick Tracy

Texie Garcia

Tears Are Not Enough

Self

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

Duchess Rowena (voice)

Betsy's Wedding

Gloria Henner

The Addams Family

Grandma Frump (voice)

Extinct

Alma (voice)

John Candy: Comic Spirit

Self

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell

Self

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

Self

The Best of SCTV

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

Nancy Mae

Rome, Italian Style

Ursula Schneider

Searching for Debra Winger

Self

Andrea Martin... Together Again

The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You

Argylle

Ruth

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

Self (archive footage)

Rabbit Ears - Finn McCoul

Narrator (voice)

John Candy: I Like Me

Self

Friends of Gilda

Herself