Personal Info
Birth date
1954-03-04 (71 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as
Кетрінн О’Гара
凱薩琳·奧哈拉
Catherine Anne O'Hara
کاترین اوهارا
کاترین او هارا
Catherine O'Hara
Biography
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."
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.466
Overview:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.Modern Family
7.886
Overview:
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.3
Overview:
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.Saturday Night Live
6.956
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.Curb Your Enthusiasm
8.022
Overview:
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.The Last of Us
8.469
Overview:
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.The Nightmare Before Christmas
7.835
Overview:
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.The View
4.3
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
7.817
Overview:
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.30 Rock
7.465
Overview:
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Overview:
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Six Feet Under
8.1
Overview:
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.The Studio
7.637
Overview:
Desperate for celebrity approval, the newly appointed head of a movie studio and his executive team at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.Schitt's Creek
7.741
Overview:
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.The Wild Robot
8.319
Overview:
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.4
Overview:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.The Outer Limits
7.7
Overview:
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
6.768
Overview:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.Elemental
7.594
Overview:
In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.Tales from the Crypt
7.957
Overview:
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?Argylle
6.019
Overview:
When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by her cat Alfie and Aidan, a cat-allergic spy, Elly races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Conway's fictional world and her real one begins to blur.Stars in the House
NYR
Overview:
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
6.963
Overview:
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.A Series of Unfortunate Events
7.397
Overview:
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.Monster House
6.694
Overview:
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
5.872
Overview:
Samantha Bee breaks up late-night's all-male sausage fest with her nuanced view of political and cultural issues, her sharp interview skills, her repartee with world leaders and, of course, her 10-pound lady balls.Beetlejuice
7.371
Overview:
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.The Larry Sanders Show
7.7
Overview:
Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.Acting
TBATwilight Park as Queen Henrietta
2025You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as Self (archive footage)
2025John Candy: I Like Me as Self
2025The Studio (10 Episodes) as Patty Leigh
2024The Wild Robot as Pinktail (voice)
2024Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Delia
2024Argylle as Ruth
2023Pain Hustlers as Jackie
2023Elemental as Brook (voice)
2023The Last of Us (3 Episodes) as Gail
2021Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine as Self
2021An Audience with Adele as Self
2021Back Home Again as Mayor Owl (voice)
2021The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You as Unknown
2021Extinct as Alma (voice)
2020Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
2020Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2 Episodes) as Self - Contestant
2020Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell as Self
2020Stars in the House (1 Episode) as Self
2020Canada Far and Wide as Herself
2019The Addams Family as Grandma Frump (voice)
2019The Last Kids on Earth (21 Episodes) as Skaelka (voice)
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 Episode) as Self
2017A Series of Unfortunate Events (3 Episodes) as Dr. Orwell
2016Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (1 Episode) as Self
2015Being Canadian as Self
2015Moonbeam City (1 Episode) as Glam (voice)
2015What Lives Inside (4 Episodes) as Sarah Delaney
2015Schitt's Creek (79 Episodes) as Moira Rose
2014PaparaGilles (1 Episode) as Self
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (1 Episode) as Self
2013The Right Kind of Wrong as Tess
2013A.C.O.D. as Melissa
2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
2012The Greatest Event in Television History (1 Episode) as Muriel Rush
2012Frankenweenie as Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
2012Inside Comedy (1 Episode) as Self
2010Killers as Mrs. Kornfeldt
2010Temple Grandin as Aunt Ann
2009Where the Wild Things Are as Judith (voice)
2009Modern Family (1 Episode) as Dr. Debra Radcliffe
2009Glenn Martin, DDS (40 Episodes) as Jackie Martin
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (4 Episodes) as Self - Guest
2009Away We Go as Gloria Farlander
2007Penelope as Jessica Wilhern
2006For Your Consideration as Marilyn Hack
200630 Rock (1 Episode) as Pearline
2006Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses as Duchess Rowena (voice)
2006Second City: First Family of Comedy (3 Episodes) as Self (Archival Footage)
2006Brother Bear 2 as Kata (voice)
2006Monster House as Mom (voice)
2006Over the Hedge as Penny (voice)
2006Game 6 as Lillian Rogan
2006Christmas with SCTV as Unknown
2005Chicken Little as Tina - Alien Mom (voice)
2005John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self
2005Wild About Books as Unknown
2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Justice Strauss
2004The Wool Cap as Gloria
2004Surviving Christmas as Christine Valco
2003Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles as Astro Glide
2003A Mighty Wind as Mickey Crabbe
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) as Self
2002Bram & Alice (1 Episode) as Ms. O'Connor
2002Searching for Debra Winger as Self
2002Orange County as Cindy Beugler
2001Speaking of Sex as Connie Barker
2001Six Feet Under (4 Episodes) as Carol Ward
2001Committed (13 Episodes) as Unknown
2000Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big as Lorna Mae Loon (voice)
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm (1 Episode) as Bam Bam
2000Best in Show as Cookie Fleck
1999The Life Before This as Sheena
1999Bartok the Magnificent as Ludmilla (voice)
1999Late Last Night as Dr. Fontes
1998Home Fries as Beatrice Lever
1998Oh Baby (1 Episode) as Unknown
1997Hope as Muriel Macswain
1997Pippi Longstocking as Unknown
1997Pippi Longstocking as Mrs. Helga Prysselius (voice)
1997The View (1 Episode) as Self
1996The Last of the High Kings as Cathleen
1996Waiting for Guffman as Sheila Albertson
1995MADtv (1 Episode) as Woman on Blind Date
1995Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1 Episode) as Catherine (voice)
1995The Outer Limits (1 Episode) as Becka Paulson
1995Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure as Calamity Jane
1994A Simple Twist of Fate as April Simon
1994Wyatt Earp as Allie Earp
1994The Paper as Susan
1993Friends of Gilda as Herself
1993The Nightmare Before Christmas as Sally / Shock (voice)
1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Kate
1992There Goes the Neighborhood as Jessie Lodge
1992The Larry Sanders Show (1 Episode) as Catherine O'Hara
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1991Rabbit Ears - Finn McCoul as Narrator (voice)
1991Morton & Hayes (6 Episodes) as Amelia Von Astor
1991The Hidden Room (33 Episodes) as Laurel Brody
1990Home Alone as Kate
1990Little Vegas as Lexie
1990Dream On (1 Episode) as Irma
1990Betsy's Wedding as Gloria Henner
1990The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1990Dick Tracy as Texie Garcia
1989Andrea Martin... Together Again as Unknown
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as Geraldine Ferrett (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")
1989I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood as Nancy Mae
1988Whose Line Is It Anyway? (3 Episodes) as Herself
1988The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (13 Episodes) as Miss Malone
1988The Best of SCTV as Unknown
1988Beetlejuice as Delia
1986Really Weird Tales as Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving")
1986Heartburn as Betty
1986The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as Marie Antoinette
1985PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome as Mary Marcus
1985Tears Are Not Enough as Self
1985George Burns Comedy Week (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1985After Hours as Gail
1985The Last Polka as Lemon Twin
1984The New Show (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1983SCTV Channel (19 Episodes) as Unknown
1983Rock & Rule as Aunt Edith (voice)
1982Rome, Italian Style as Ursula Schneider
1981SCTV Network 90 (25 Episodes) as Various
1980From Cleveland as Various
1980Double Negative as Judith
1980Easter Fever as Scarlett O'Hare (voice)
1980Nothing Personal as Audrey
1979Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet as Ma Spademinder (voice)
1978Witch's Night Out as Malicious (voice)
1976Second City Television (80 Episodes) as Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live (2, 1 Episode) as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 Episode) as Self
1953The Oscars (2 Episodes) as Self
1949The Emmy Awards (1 Episode) as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
Production
2015Schitt's Creek (66 Episodes) ... Consulting Producer
Crew
1995Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1 Episode) ... Additional Writing
Writing
1989Andrea Martin... Together Again ... Writer
1988The Best of SCTV ... Writer
1986Really Weird Tales ... Writer
1985PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome ... Writer
1980From Cleveland ... Writer