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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Popularity87
Credits6.7
Rating78M
Budget244M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 Twilight Park as Queen Henrietta
2025 Godspell 2025
2025 The Studio as Patty Leigh
2024 The Wild Robot as Pinktail (voice)
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Delia
2024 Argylle as Ruth
2023 Pain Hustlers as Jackie
2023 Elemental as Brook (voice)
2023 Lynch/Oz as Judith (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021 Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine as Self
2021 An Audience with Adele as Self
2021 Back Home Again as Mayor Owl (voice)
2021 The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
2021 Extinct as Alma (voice)
2020 Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
2020 Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell as Self
2020 Canada Far and Wide as Herself
2019 The Addams Family as Grandma Frump (voice)
2015 Being Canadian as Self
2013 The Right Kind of Wrong as Tess
2013 A.C.O.D. as Melissa
2013 Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
2012 Frankenweenie as Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
2010 Killers as Mrs. Kornfeldt
2010 Temple Grandin as Aunt Ann
2009 Where the Wild Things Are as Judith (voice)
2009 Away We Go as Gloria Farlander
2006 For Your Consideration as Marilyn Hack
2006 Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses as Duchess Rowena (voice)
2006 Brother Bear 2 as Kata (voice)
2006 Monster House as Mom (voice)
2006 Over the Hedge as Penny (voice)
2006 Game 6 as Lillian Rogan
2006 Penelope as Jessica Wilhern
2006 Christmas with SCTV
2005 Chicken Little as Tina - Alien Mom (voice)
2005 John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self
2005 Wild About Books
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Justice Strauss
2004 The Wool Cap as Gloria
2004 Surviving Christmas as Christine Valco
2003 Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles as Astro Glide
2003 A Mighty Wind as Mickey Crabbe
2002 Searching for Debra Winger as Self
2002 Orange County as Cindy Beugler
2001 Speaking of Sex as Connie Barker
2000 Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big as Lorna Mae Loon (voice)
2000 Best in Show as Cookie Fleck
1999 The Life Before This as Sheena
1999 Bartok the Magnificent as Ludmilla (voice)
1999 Late Last Night as Dr. Fontes
1998 Home Fries as Beatrice Lever
1997 Hope as Muriel Macswain
1997 Pippi Longstocking as Mrs. Helga Prysselius (voice)
1996 The Last of the High Kings as Cathleen
1996 Waiting for Guffman as Sheila Albertson
1995 Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure as Calamity Jane
1994 A Simple Twist of Fate as April Simon
1994 Wyatt Earp as Allie Earp
1994 The Paper as Susan
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas as Sally / Shock (voice)
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Kate
1992 There Goes the Neighborhood as Jessie Lodge
1991 Rabbit Ears - Finn McCoul as Narrator (voice)
1990 Home Alone as Kate
1990 Little Vegas as Lexie
1990 Betsy's Wedding as Gloria Henner
1990 Dick Tracy as Texie Garcia
1989 Andrea Martin... Together Again Writer
1989 I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood as Nancy Mae
1988 The Best of SCTV Writer
1988 Beetlejuice as Delia
1986 Really Weird Tales as Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving") Writer
1986 Heartburn as Betty
1986 The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as Marie Antoinette
1985 PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome as Mary Marcus Writer
1985 Tears Are Not Enough as Self
1985 After Hours as Gail
1985 The Last Polka as Lemon Twin
1983 Rock & Rule as Aunt Edith (voice)
1982 Rome, Italian Style as Ursula Schneider
1980 From Cleveland as Various Writer
1980 Double Negative as Judith
1980 Easter Fever as Scarlett O'Hare (voice)
1980 Nothing Personal as Audrey
1979 Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet as Ma Spademinder (voice)
1978 Witch's Night Out as Malicious