Catherine O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 4th, 1954 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 70, Catherine O'Hara biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress, writer, and comedian.
She first came to prominence as an actress in 1974 as a member of the Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Toronto.
In 1975, she appeared opposite John Candy and Dan Aykroyd in the main cast of the Canadian sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975–1978).
She and Candy began directing on the sketch comedy series Second City Television (1976–84), where she drew critical acclaim for her work as both a comedic actress and writer as well as her appearance on a Variety Series for the first time in 1981. O'Hara has appeared in many films directed by Tim Burton, starting with Delia Deetz in the 1988 fantasy comedy film Beetlejuice.
Sally/Shock in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and Susan Frankenstein in Frankenweenie (2012) are two other roles she has played in Burton films.
O'Hara has also worked with writer Christopher Guest, appearing in the mockumentary films Waiting for Guffman (1996), A Mighty Wind (2003), and Consideration (2006).
In 2000, she received a Genie Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the crime drama film The Life Before This.
Kate McCallister, Kevin's mother, in the holiday comedy film Home Alone (1990) and its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), is also known to audiences. O'Hara was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2010, as well as the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Aunt Ann in Temple Grandin, opposite Claire Danes.
She has received four consecutive Canadian Screen Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, as well as a first nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Dr. Veronica's recurring role in her other television appearances include Dr. Veronica's recurring roles.
Georgina Orwell of Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events and Carol Ward in Six Feet Under, as well as Jackie Martin in Miss Malone's The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, Kaossandra in Skylanders Academy and Liz Larsen in Committed.
She has appeared on Saturday Night Live twice in her career, as well as on sitcoms, variety shows, and late night television.
Early life
O'Hara was born in 1954 and grew up in Toronto, Ontario, raising the sixth of seven children. She is of Irish descent and was raised Catholic.
Personal life
"I'm pretty much a good Catholic girl at heart," O'Hara told Rolling Stone in 1983. On the set of Beetlejuice, O'Hara met with production designer Bo Welch. Matthew and Luke, who were born 1994, and Luke (born 1997), married in 1992 and have two sons, Matthew (born 1994) and Luke (born 1997). Mary Margaret O'Hara, a singer-songwriter, is a woman of her own right; Catherine is a singer-songwriter who has written and performed songs in Christopher Guest's film A Mighty Wind. She holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada.
For 2021, O'Hara was named honorary mayor of Brentwood. She has positions in opposition to others.
Career
O'Hara began her comedy career in 1974 as a cast member of The Second City in Toronto, Ontario. She was an understudy for Gilda Radner until Radner's departure for Saturday Night Live. This theatre troupe produced the sketch comedy show SCTV, for which O'Hara became a regular performer two years later.
She appeared in a number of cartoons in the late 1970s, contributing to her career as a voice-over. When SCTV was in between network deals early 1980s, she was hired to replace Ann Risley when Saturday Night Live was retooled in 1981. However, she left the show without ever being on air, opting to return to SCTV after the show was on NBC.
O'Hara began working on television, aside from SCTV, in the mid-1970s. On CBC, she appeared as a maid in a 1975 Wayne and Shuster special. She appeared in the 1976 television film The Rimshots, the children's television series Coming Up Rosie, for a season (1976–77), as well as television specials such as Witch's Night Out and Intergalactic Thanksgiving. But it was her appearances on SCTV, which first appeared in Southern Ontario in the fall of 1976 that earned her acclaim in Canada. Following in syndication, the show developed a national and then international audience. O'Hara left SCTV for a time, missing the 1980-81 season, but the show was revived by the NBC television network in the United States in the 1990s, when it was named SCTV Network 90. O'Hara's work on the program earned her an Emmy Award for outstanding writing and two Emmy Award nominations. She left SCTV early in 1982 but made a few guest appearances after the show's end in 1984.
O'Hara has appeared in a number of television shows and television films and continues to work in television. She appeared on Tales from the Crypt, Oh Baby, Morton & Hayes, and The Larry Sanders Exhibition in the 1990s. She appeared on Dream On and The Outer Limits, the revival of the '60s series of the same name. O'Hara has appeared on top-rated television series including Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm. It was reported in May 2008 that she had signed up to act in the forthcoming ABC drama Good Behavior. She was nominated for three awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Satellite Award, and a Screen Actor Guild Award for her role in the 2010 television film Temple Grandin.
O'Hara has also worked in film. She made her film debut in Double Negative, which also starred John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Joe Flaherty. O'Hara appeared in many supporting roles, including Martin Scorsese's After Hours (1985) and Heartburn (1986), with Meryl Streep. She appeared in films including Beetlejuice (1988) and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), as well as the blockbuster Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). O'Hara appeared in There Goes the Neighborhood with Jeff Daniels in 1992.
During the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century, O'Hara appeared in many films. She appeared in four of Christopher Guest's comedies, three of which earned her accolades and honors: Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). She received the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Support Role in 1999. She appeared in the tenth series of Whose Line Is It Anyway? She appeared in Penelope, Christina Ricci's 2006 fantasy film.
O'Hara has appeared in several animated films, including The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Bartok the Magnificent (1999), Over the Hedge (2006), Frankenweenie (2012), and The Addams Family (2019).
Moira Rose in the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek starred from 2015 to 2020, as she appeared on Second City Television as Eugene Levy, who she encountered on the set of Second City Television. Her appearance in a Comedy Series earned her six Canadian Screen Awards for Best Lead Actress. She swept the five major television awards for the sixth and final season, receiving a TCA Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, a Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, and a Screen Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.
Dr. Georgina Orwell appeared in the first season of Netflix's black comedy drama series A Series of Unfortune Events, which premiered in 2017. Bo Welch, her husband's husband who also served as the series's production designer, supervised two of her episodes. She was the only cast member from the 2004 film adaptation to be re-cast in the television series as well.
In its second episode as Charlene, a Friend of the Kids in the Hall, she appears on the revival of another Canadian sketch comedy staple The Kids in the Hall.