Catherine O'Hara
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."
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- Born:
- Mar 4, 1954 In Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 130
- First Appeared:
- In the series Golden Globe Awards 1944-01-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Twilight Park 2025-12-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Twilight Park | Queen Henrietta | 2025-12-25 |
| Movie | Home Alone: Holiday Special Edition | Unknown | 2025 |
| Series | The Studio | 2025 | |
| Movie | Argylle | Ruth | 2024-01-31 |
| Movie | The Wild Robot | Pinktail (voice) | 2024-09-12 |
| Movie | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Delia | 2024-09-04 |
| Movie | Elemental | Brook (voice) | 2023-06-14 |
| Movie | Pain Hustlers | Jackie | 2023-10-20 |
| Movie | Extinct | Alma (voice) | 2021-02-11 |
| Movie | The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You | 2021-04-06 | |
| Movie | Back Home Again | Mayor Owl (voice) | 2021-10-28 |
| Movie | Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine | Self | 2021-11-29 |
| Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
| Movie | Canada Far and Wide | Herself | 2020-01-17 |
| Series | Stars in the House | Self | 2020-03-16 |
| Series | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Self | 2020-04-08 |
| Movie | Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell | Self | 2020-04-07 |
| Movie | Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble | Self | 2020-04-26 |
| Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | The Addams Family | Grandma Frump (voice) | 2019-10-10 |
| Series | The Last Kids on Earth | Skaelka (voice) | 2019-09-17 |
| Series | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Dr. Orwell | 2017-01-13 |
| Series | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Self | 2016-02-08 |
| Movie | Being Canadian | Self | 2015-09-18 |
| Series | What Lives Inside | Sarah Delaney | 2015-03-25 |
| Series | Schitt's Creek | Moira Rose | 2015-01-13 |
| Series | Moonbeam City | Glam (voice) | 2015-09-16 |
| Series | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self | 2014-04-27 |
| Series | PaparaGilles | Self | 2014-10-03 |
| Movie | A.C.O.D. | Melissa | 2013-10-03 |
| Movie | Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self | 2013-01-15 |
| Movie | The Right Kind of Wrong | Tess | 2013-10-11 |
| Movie | Frankenweenie | Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice) | 2012-10-04 |
| Series | Inside Comedy | Self | 2012-01-26 |
| Series | The Greatest Event in Television History | Muriel Rush | 2012-10-12 |
| Movie | Temple Grandin | Aunt Ann | 2010-02-06 |
| Movie | Killers | Mrs. Kornfeldt | 2010-06-04 |
| Movie | Away We Go | Gloria Farlander | 2009-06-05 |
| Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
| Series | Modern Family | Dr. Debra Radcliffe | 2009-09-23 |
| Series | Glenn Martin, DDS | Jackie Martin | 2009-08-17 |
| Movie | Where the Wild Things Are | Judith (voice) | 2009-10-16 |
| Movie | Over the Hedge | Penny (voice) | 2006-05-17 |
| Movie | Game 6 | Lillian Rogan | 2006-03-10 |
| Movie | Christmas with SCTV | Unknown | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Penelope | Jessica Wilhern | 2006-03-01 |
| Movie | Monster House | Mom (voice) | 2006-06-30 |
| Movie | Brother Bear 2 | Kata (voice) | 2006-08-17 |
| Series | 30 Rock | Pearline | 2006-10-11 |
| Movie | For Your Consideration | Marilyn Hack | 2006-11-17 |
| Movie | Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses | Duchess Rowena (voice) | 2006-09-19 |
| Series | Second City: First Family of Comedy | Self (Archival Footage) | 2006-08-25 |
| Movie | Wild About Books | Unknown | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Chicken Little | Tina - Alien Mom (voice) | 2005-11-04 |
| Movie | John Candy: Comic Spirit | Self | 2005-05-03 |
| Movie | Surviving Christmas | Christine Valco | 2004-09-21 |
| Movie | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Justice Strauss | 2004-12-16 |
| Movie | The Wool Cap | Gloria | 2004-11-20 |
| Movie | A Mighty Wind | Mickey Crabbe | 2003-04-16 |
| Movie | The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch | Astro Glide | 2003-08-16 |
| Movie | Orange County | Cindy Beugler | 2002-01-11 |
| Series | Bram & Alice | Ms. O'Connor | 2002-10-06 |
| Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Series | Committed | 2001-03-10 | |
| Series | Six Feet Under | Carol Ward | 2001-06-03 |
| Movie | Speaking of Sex | Connie Barker | 2001-10-18 |
| Movie | Best in Show | Cookie Fleck | 2000-09-29 |
| Series | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Bam Bam | 2000-10-15 |
| Movie | Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big | Lorna Mae Loon (voice) | 2000-11-17 |
| Movie | Bartok the Magnificent | Ludmilla (voice) | 1999-09-07 |
| Movie | Late Last Night | Dr. Fontes | 1999-06-20 |
| Movie | The Life Before This | Sheena | 1999-09-15 |
| Series | Oh Baby | Unknown | 1998-08-26 |
| Movie | Home Fries | Beatrice Lever | 1998-11-25 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Pippi Longstocking | Mrs. Helga Prysselius (voice) | 1997-08-20 |
| Movie | Hope | Muriel Macswain | 1997-10-19 |
| Series | Pippi Longstocking | Unknown | 1997-10-17 |
| Movie | Waiting for Guffman | Sheila Albertson | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | The Last of the High Kings | Cathleen | 1996-12-06 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Becka Paulson | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Tall Tale | Calamity Jane | 1995-03-24 |
| Series | MADtv | Woman on Blind Date | 1995-10-14 |
| Movie | The Paper | Susan | 1994-03-18 |
| Movie | A Simple Twist of Fate | April Simon | 1994-09-02 |
| Movie | Wyatt Earp | Allie Earp | 1994-06-24 |
| Movie | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Sally / Shock (voice) | 1993-10-09 |
| Movie | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Kate McCallister | 1992-11-15 |
| Series | The Larry Sanders Show | Catherine O'Hara | 1992-08-15 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | There Goes the Neighborhood | Jessie Lodge | 1992-10-30 |
| Series | The Hidden Room | Laurel Brody | 1991-07-23 |
| Series | Morton & Hayes | Amelia Von Astor | 1991-07-24 |
| Movie | Betsy's Wedding | Gloria Henner | 1990-06-22 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy | Texie Garcia | 1990-04-05 |
| Series | The Dave Thomas Comedy Show | 1990-05-28 | |
| Series | Dream On | Irma | 1990-07-08 |
| Movie | Home Alone | Kate McCallister | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | Little Vegas | Lexie | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood | Nancy Mae | 1989-06-03 |
| Movie | Andrea Martin... Together Again | Unknown | 1989-07-01 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Geraldine Ferrett | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Beetlejuice | Delia | 1988-03-30 |
| Movie | The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 | |
| Series | The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley | Miss Malone | 1988-09-10 |
| Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Herself | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Marie Antoinette | 1986-03-09 |
| Movie | Heartburn | Betty | 1986-07-25 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving") | 1986-10-04 |
| Movie | The Last Polka | Lemon Twin | 1985-04-15 |
| Series | George Burns Comedy Week | 1985-09-18 | |
| Movie | After Hours | Gail | 1985-08-16 |
| Movie | Tears Are Not Enough | Himself | 1985-10-04 |
| Movie | PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome | Mary Marcus | 1985-11-30 |
| Series | The New Show | 1984-01-13 | |
| Movie | Rock & Rule | Aunt Edith (voice) | 1983-04-15 |
| Series | SCTV Channel | 1983-11-22 | |
| Movie | Rome, Italian Style | Ursula Schneider | 1982-10-15 |
| Series | SCTV Network 90 | Unknown | 1981-05-16 |
| Movie | Easter Fever | Scarlett O'Hare (voice) | 1980-03-29 |
| Movie | Nothing Personal | Audrey | 1980-03-28 |
| Movie | Double Negative | Judith | 1980-05-12 |
| Movie | From Cleveland | Various | 1980-10-24 |
| Movie | Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet | Ma Spademinder (voice) | 1979-11-01 |
| Movie | Witch's Night Out | Malicious | 1978-10-27 |
| Series | Second City Television | Unknown | 1976-09-21 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | 1944-01-20 |