Catherine O'Hara 1954 71

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."

From Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Budget

244M

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Acting

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2025 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

Genres

7.16 Science Fiction 2

7.00 Horror 1

6.82 Family 21

6.76 Animation 19

6.76 Fantasy 12

6.73 Documentary 9

6.64 History 2

6.50 Western 2

6.26 Adventure 12

6.09 Drama 20

6.04 Comedy 54

6.03 Music 8

5.88 TV Movie 6

5.81 Action 4

5.60 Romance 13

5.44 Thriller 5

5.34 Crime 3