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'Schitt's Creek' star Catherine O'Hara dead at 71 / Photo: Michael Tran - AFP/File

'Schitt's Creek' star Catherine O'Hara dead at 71

CULTURE 30.01.2026

Emmy-winning actress Catherine O'Hara, who starred in "Schitt's Creek" and "Home Alone," has died at the age of 71, her management agency said Friday.

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The Canadian performer also starred in "Beetlejuice" and Apple TV's Hollywood satire show "The Studio."

A person who answered the phone at her manager Marc Gurvitz's office confirmed the actress's death to AFP, but did not give any further details.

O'Hara was born in Toronto in 1954, where she joined the legendary comedy theater Second City, alongside Eugene Levy, with whom she would collaborate throughout her career, including on the smash TV series "Schitt's Creek."

Her break into movies came in 1980 with "Double Negative" -- also alongside Levy, and John Candy.

In 1988, she played Winona Ryder's stepmother in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice," but it was in 1990 that she became widely known to a global audience as the mother of Macaulay Culkin's Kevin in "Home Alone."

A.Aguiar--PC

Portugal Colonial - 'Schitt's Creek' star Catherine O'Hara dead at 71

'Schitt's Creek' star Catherine O'Hara dead at 71

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