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Posted January 30, 2026 1:35 pm
Updated January 30, 2026 1:50 pm
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Catherine O’Hara, Canadian comedic actor and star of Schitt’s Creek, has died, her manager confirmed to Global News.
She was 71.
O’Hara is best-known for her role as Kate McCallister in the Home Alone movie series, alongside Schitt’s Creek and Beetlejuice.
Actors Annie Murphy, from left, Catherine O’Hara and Jennifer Robertson attend the 11th Annual New York Television Festival “Schitt’s Creek” screening at the SVA Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP).
(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Actor and comedian Catherine O’Hara of Toronto and Los Angeles is invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General Julie Payette during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Justin Tang.
THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Justin Tang
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Dan Levy, from left, Catherine O’Hara, Annie Murphy and Eugene Levy participate in the Pop TV “Schitt’s Creek,” panel during the Winter 2020 Television Critics Association Press Tour, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. The CBC series “Schitt’s Creek” and “Anne with an E” were the top winners at the ACTRA Awards in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP-Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP.
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