Catherine O'Hara, Home Alone and Beetlejuice
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O'Hara played Kate McAllister, the mom of Kevin McAllister, portrayed by Macaulay Culkin, in the hit 1990 movie "Home Alone." O'Hara's character famously made a treacherous trip home after she and her husband discovered they'd left their son at their house alone on a Christmas family vacation to Paris.
The comedic legend also starred in 'Schitt's Creek,' 'Best in Show,' 'The Last of Us,' and so much more. Catherine O’Hara, one of the funniest people to ever set foot on planet Earth, died on Friday at the age of 71. TMZ broke the news.
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Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin mourns on-screen mother Catherine O'Hara
Macaulay Culkin remembered his on-screen mother from Home Alone, the late actor Catherine O'Hara. Schidt's Creek co-creator Dan Levy also paid tribute to O'Hara.
Catherine O’Hara, the beloved comic actor who launched her extraordinary career as one of the ensemble members of the star-making cast of SCTV before gaining acclaim in such films as Beetlejuice, Home Alone,