Catherine O'Hara

Actor / Writer

Catherine O'Hara was part of the comedy group Second City in Toronto in the early 1970s. She was one of the original founders (along with John Candy and others) of the satirical TV show SCTV in 1976. In the 1980s she went into the movies and appeared in a variety of Hollywood comedies. Her notable roles include: the neurotic wife in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1987); the mother in Home Alone and its sequel (1990 and 1992); the voices of Shock and Sally in Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); and the wacky suburban housewives in Waiting for Guffman (1996) and Best in Show (2000). Her other films include For Your Consideration (2006) and Penelope (2006).