"Canadian-born actress Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71, her management agency said on Friday. O'Hara was an Emmy-winner who starred in the series "Schitt's Creek" and the movie "Home Alone." She also starred in the movie "Beetlejuice" and the Hollywood satire show "The Studio." The management agency said O'Hara died at her home in Los Angeles "following a brief illness.""
"According to US entertainment news outlet Page Six, O'Hara was rushed to a hospital before dawn from her home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. The cause of death remains unknown. "I join Canadians and fans across the world in mourning the loss of Catherine O'Hara," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wrote on X, as condolences poured in. "Over 5 decades of work, Catherine earned her place in the canon of Canadian comedy," he added."
Catherine O'Hara, a Canadian-born actress, died at 71 at her Los Angeles home following a brief illness. She was an Emmy-winner who starred in Schitt's Creek and the movie Home Alone, and she also appeared in Beetlejuice and the Hollywood satire show The Studio. She launched her career with the Second City comedy group in Toronto in the 1970s and was part of the original SCTV cast, earning an Emmy for her writing. She appeared in Martin Scorsese's After Hours (1985) and Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) and played the mother in the Home Alone films. She received further acclaim for her lead performance in Schitt's Creek, created by Eugene Levy and his son Dan.
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