“Hollywood icon Catherine O’Hara has died aged 71 (Picture: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone actress Catherine O’Hara has died at the age of 71. The Hollywood legend died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday, as confirmed to Metro. Her cause of death is currently unclear, but it follows ‘a brief illness’.”, — write: metro.co.uk
Hollywood icon Catherine O’Hara has died aged 71 (Picture: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone actress Catherine O’Hara has died at the age of 71.
The Hollywood legend died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday, as confirmed to Metro.
Her cause of death is currently unclear, but it follows ‘a brief illness’.
O’Hara made her final public appearance at the 2025 Emmy Awards in September.
A private celebration of her life will be held by the family in due course.
O’Hara was best known for roles such as Delia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988) and Macaulay Culkin’s on-screen mother, Kate, in Home Alone (1990) and its Lost in New York sequel (1992).
The Canadian actress played Kevin’s mother, Kate, in two Home Alone films (Picture: 20th Century Fox) 
Pictured here in 2023 with Macaulay Culkin, she previously described Home Alone as the ‘perfect’ film (Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
