O'Hara's Life

Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara was born on March 4, 1954 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada the 6^th of 7 Children.

In 1974, O'Hara graduated from Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute.

Also, in 1974 O’Hara started her Comedy Career at Second City in Toronto.

In 1992 she married Bo Welch (Robert W. Welch III) whom she met on the set of “Beetlejuice.”

They had two Sons: Matthew and Luke.

In 2017, O'Hara was appointed to the Order of Canada.

She held dual Canadian and American Citizenship.

Her Credits include: Beetlejuice (1988),  Saturday Night Live (1988), Home Alone (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Schitt’s Creek (2015-2020), The Adams, Family (2019), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) and John Candy: I Like Me (2025.)

Catherine O'Hara died on 30 January 2026 at her home in Los Angeles after a brief illness at the age of 71.