Actress Catherine O’Hara has Passed Away. I am so sad to report that one of my favorites, Catherine O’Hara has passed away at the age of 71. Disney fans know her as Sally and Shock in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Kevin’s Mom in Home Alone, Pixar’s Elemental and much, much more. TMZ first broke the news.
She appeared as Moira Rose in 80 episodes of “Schitt’s Creek.” Other notable movie credits include a couple mockumentaries in 2000’s “Best in Show,” and 2003’s “A Mighty Wind” … plus “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and the first Beetlejuice.” I absolutely loved her in those films.
She won an Emmy in 2020 for playing Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek. She also earned an Emmy for her work on SCTV Network in 1982 and was nominated eight other times for acting and writing awards. O’Hara was a double nominee in 2025, scoring anod best guest actress in a drama series for HBO’s The Last of Us.
The cause of death has not been revealed as of the time of this article. My heart goes out to her loved ones. We fans will miss her too.
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