CATHERINE O'HARA
Name: Catherine Anne O'Hara
Born: 4 March 1954 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning
actress and comedian. She is well known for her comedy work on SCTV, roles as
Delia Deetz in Beetlejuice, Kate McCallister in Home Alone, Sally in The
Nightmare Before Christmas and the series of mockumentary films written and
directed by Christopher Guest and his frequent co-stars.
She started her acting career in 1974 as a cast member of The Second City in
Toronto. Two years later, this theatre troupe created the television series SCTV,
on which she became a regular performer. Memorable O'Hara characterizations on
the show included Las Vegas scorcher (I wanna bear your children!) Lola
Heatherton, buzzer-happy game show contestant Margaret Meehan, raunchy nightclub
comedian Dusty Towne, soap opera seductress Sue Ellen and stage actress Sue
Bopper Simpson.
In the late 1970s, she did various voice-overs for a number of cartoons, which
would continue throughout her career. She was hired to replace Ann Risley when
Saturday Night Live was being retooled in 1981 following Jean Doumanian's
disastrous stint as executive producer. However, she quit the show without ever
having made an appearance on it, primarily due to her shock after witnessing a
long, loud diatribe by SNL writer Michael O'Donoghue. Her SNL position was then
given to fellow Canadian Robin Duke, who had also replaced O'Hara for a season
on SCTV.
She had a role in The Last of the High Kings as a staunch Irish nationalist in
1970s Dublin. In 2006, she starred in her fourth Christopher Guest film, For
Your Consideration (following Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty
Wind).
On June 9, 2007, she was inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame.
Name: Catherine Anne O'Hara
Born: 4 March 1954 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning
actress and comedian. She is well known for her comedy work on SCTV, roles as
Delia Deetz in Beetlejuice, Kate McCallister in Home Alone, Sally in The
Nightmare Before Christmas and the series of mockumentary films written and
directed by Christopher Guest and his frequent co-stars.
She started her acting career in 1974 as a cast member of The Second City in
Toronto. Two years later, this theatre troupe created the television series SCTV,
on which she became a regular performer. Memorable O'Hara characterizations on
the show included Las Vegas scorcher (I wanna bear your children!) Lola
Heatherton, buzzer-happy game show contestant Margaret Meehan, raunchy nightclub
comedian Dusty Towne, soap opera seductress Sue Ellen and stage actress Sue
Bopper Simpson.
In the late 1970s, she did various voice-overs for a number of cartoons, which
would continue throughout her career. She was hired to replace Ann Risley when
Saturday Night Live was being retooled in 1981 following Jean Doumanian's
disastrous stint as executive producer. However, she quit the show without ever
having made an appearance on it, primarily due to her shock after witnessing a
long, loud diatribe by SNL writer Michael O'Donoghue. Her SNL position was then
given to fellow Canadian Robin Duke, who had also replaced O'Hara for a season
on SCTV.
She had a role in The Last of the High Kings as a staunch Irish nationalist in
1970s Dublin. In 2006, she starred in her fourth Christopher Guest film, For
Your Consideration (following Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty
Wind).
On June 9, 2007, she was inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame.