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Catherine O'Haraborn 1954

usually

Actor

Popularity

3.2

Famous

Biography

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."

Credits

The Studio

2025

Comedy • Drama

as Patty Leigh

The Wild Robot

2024

Animation • Family • Science Fiction

as Pinktail (voice)

8.3(4,991)

51.4

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

2024

Comedy • Fantasy • Horror

as Delia

7(2,552)

16.8

Argylle

2024

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Thriller

as Ruth

6(1,487)

Pain Hustlers

2023

Drama

as Jackie

6.7(678)

3.6

Elemental

2023

Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Romance

as Brook (voice)

7.6(4,812)

17.3

Lynch/Oz

2023

Documentary

as Judith (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.2(23)

1.2

Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine

2021

Documentary

as Self

10(1)

1.3

An Audience with Adele

2021

Documentary • Music

as Self

8.3(39)

2.1

Back Home Again

2021

Animation • Drama • Family

as Mayor Owl (voice)

7(1)

1.7

The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You

2021

Animation • Comedy • Fantasy

5.7(7)

0.8

Extinct

2021

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family

as Alma (voice)

6.2(175)

4.9

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

2020

Documentary • Music

as Self

5.5(2)

2.6

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell

2020

as Self

8.7(18)

1.7

Canada Far and Wide

2020

Documentary

as Herself

0.5

The Addams Family

2019

Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Grandma Frump (voice)

6.6(2,377)

5.5

Being Canadian

2015

Comedy • Documentary

as Self

5.7(32)

3.1

The Right Kind of Wrong

2013

Comedy • Romance

as Tess

5.8(205)

1.8

A.C.O.D.

2013

Comedy

as Melissa

5.5(266)

2.6

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

2013

Documentary

as Self

5.7(3)

1.4

Frankenweenie

2012

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)

7(3,417)

6.4

Killers

2010

Action • Comedy • Romance • Thriller

as Mrs. Kornfeldt

6(2,224)

4.6

Temple Grandin

2010

Drama • History

as Aunt Ann

7.8(490)

3.6

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

Adventure • Drama • Fantasy

as Judith (voice)

6.5(1,887)

2.3

Away We Go

2009

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Gloria Farlander

6.7(590)

For Your Consideration

2006

Comedy

as Marilyn Hack

5.8(167)

3.4

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

2006

Animation • Family

as Duchess Rowena (voice)

7.6(1,202)

4.6

Brother Bear 2

2006

Adventure • Animation • Family

as Kata (voice)

6.6(1,506)

4.4

Monster House

2006

Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Mom (voice)

6.7(4,073)

9.4

Over the Hedge

2006

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Penny (voice)

6.6(4,565)

8.8

Game 6

2006

Comedy • Drama

as Lillian Rogan

4.5(40)

2.8

Penelope

2006

Comedy • Fantasy • Romance

as Jessica Wilhern

6.7(1,406)

3.5

Christmas with SCTV

2006

Comedy

0.6

Chicken Little

2005

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Tina - Alien Mom (voice)

5.9(3,968)

9.5

John Candy: Comic Spirit

2005

Comedy • Documentary

as Self

6(2)

0.8

Wild About Books

2005

Animation

0.3

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004

Adventure • Comedy • Family

as Justice Strauss

6.8(5,067)

4.8

The Wool Cap

2004

Drama • TV Movie

as Gloria

6.2(9)

1.2

Surviving Christmas

2004

Comedy • Romance

as Christine Valco

5.7(556)

3.3

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

2003

Comedy • Music • TV Movie

as Astro Glide

5.6(13)

A Mighty Wind

2003

Comedy • Music

as Mickey Crabbe

6.7(247)

Searching for Debra Winger

2002

Documentary

as Self

6.3(15)

0.6

Orange County

2002

Comedy • Drama

as Cindy Beugler

6(469)

1.4

Speaking of Sex

2001

Comedy • Romance

as Connie Barker

5.6(31)

2.2

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

2000

Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Science Fiction

as Lorna Mae Loon (voice)

Best in Show

2000

Comedy

as Cookie Fleck

6.9(590)

1.5

The Life Before This

1999

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Sheena

4.5(4)

1.7

Bartok the Magnificent

1999

Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Music

as Ludmilla (voice)

6(211)

1.6

Late Last Night

1999

Comedy • TV Movie

as Dr. Fontes

5.3(7)

1.5

Home Fries

1998

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Beatrice Lever

5.1(100)

1.4

Hope

1997

Drama • TV Movie

as Muriel Macswain

5.2(6)

1.1

Pippi Longstocking

1997

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family

as Mrs. Helga Prysselius (voice)

5.6(38)

2.9

The Last of the High Kings

1996

Comedy • Drama

as Cathleen

5.7(43)

1.4

Waiting for Guffman

1996

Comedy • Music

as Sheila Albertson

7(251)

2.4

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

1995

Adventure • Family • Western

as Calamity Jane

6.2(78)

2.1

A Simple Twist of Fate

1994

Comedy • Drama • Family

as April Simon

6.1(114)

2.3

Wyatt Earp

1994

Action • Adventure • Drama • Western

as Allie Earp

6.8(867)

2.7

The Paper

1994

Comedy • Drama

as Susan

6.6(214)

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Sally / Shock (voice)

7.8(9,775)

12.2

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

Adventure • Comedy • Family

as Kate

6.8(9,963)

11.7

There Goes the Neighborhood

1992

Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Jessie Lodge

5.4(22)

Rabbit Ears - Finn McCoul

1991

as Narrator (voice)

0.1

Home Alone

1990

Comedy • Family

as Kate

7.4(11,670)

0.8

Little Vegas

1990

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Lexie

1(1)

0.8

Betsy's Wedding

1990

Comedy • Romance

as Gloria Henner

5.7(49)

2.4

Dick Tracy

1990

Adventure • Comedy • Crime

as Texie Garcia

6.1(961)

Andrea Martin... Together Again

1989

Comedy • Documentary

0.9

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

1989

Comedy

as Nancy Mae

5.7(3)

1.7

The Best of SCTV

1988

Comedy

6(1)

Beetlejuice

1988

Comedy • Fantasy

as Delia

7.4(7,913)

15.9

Really Weird Tales

1986

Comedy • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving")

6(1)

1.4

Heartburn

1986

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Betty

6(199)

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

1986

Adventure • Comedy • History

as Marie Antoinette

5.5(3)

PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome

1985

Comedy

as Mary Marcus

0.6

Tears Are Not Enough

1985

Documentary • Music

as Self

6(1)

0.7

After Hours

1985

Comedy • Drama • Thriller

as Gail

7.5(1,558)

3.1

The Last Polka

1985

Comedy • Music

as Lemon Twin

3(2)

0.8

Rock & Rule

1983

Adventure • Animation • Fantasy

as Aunt Edith (voice)

5.9(83)

2.2

Rome, Italian Style

1982

Comedy

as Ursula Schneider

0.8

From Cleveland

1980

Comedy

as Various

4(1)

0.7

Double Negative

1980

Thriller

as Judith

3.3(4)

1.6

Easter Fever

1980

Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Scarlett O'Hare (voice)

7(2)

1.5

Twilight Park

Adventure • Animation • Drama • Fantasy • History

as Queen Henrietta

1.1

Nothing Personal

1980

Comedy • Romance

as Audrey

5.7(12)

1.7

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

1979

Animation • Comedy

as Ma Spademinder (voice)

7(2)

1.1

Witch's Night Out

1978

Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Malicious

7.2(8)

0.9

Godspell 2025

Documentary

1.8