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Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara (born March 4, 1954 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is well known for her movie roles as Delia Deitz in Beetlejuice (1988) and Kate McCallister in Home Alone (1990).

She started her acting career in 1974 as a cast member of The Second City in Toronto. In 1976, this theatre troupe created the television series SCTV, on which O'Hara became a regular performer. In the late 1970s, she did various voice-overs for a number of cartoons, which would continue throughout her career.

In her personal life, she married Bo Welch in 1992. They have two sons, born in 1994 and 1997. O'Hara is the sister of singer-songwriter Mary Margaret O'Hara.

Filmography

Year Film title Character or Role
2004 Surviving Christmas Christine Valco
2003 A Mighty Wind Mickey Crabbe
2002 Orange County Cindy Beugler
2001 Speaking of Sex Connie Barker
2001 Committed (TV Series)  
2000 Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big voice
2000 Best in Show Cookie Guggelman Fleck
1999 Bartok the Magnificent voice of Ludmilla
1999 The Life Before This Sheena
1999 Late Last Night (TV) the Shrink
1998 Home Fries Mrs. Lever
1997 Hope (TV) Muriel Macswain
1997 Pippi Longstocking voice of Mrs. Prysselius
1996 The Last of the High Kings Cathleen
1996 Waiting for Guffman Sheila Albertson
1995 Tall Tale Calamity Jane
1994 A Simple Twist of Fate Mrs. Simon
1994 Wyatt Earp Allie Earp
1994 The Paper Susan
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas voice of Sally
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Kate McCallister
1992 There Goes the Neighborhood Jessie Lodge
1990 Little Vegas Lexie
1990 Home Alone Kate McCallister
1990 Betsy's Wedding Gloria Henner
1990 Dick Tracy Texie Garcia
1988 Beetlejuice Delia Deitz

External link

  • Catherine O'Hara on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001573/ .



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