Biography
Catherine Anne O'Hara, a Canadian-American actress and comedienne, began her career at Second City Theatre in Toronto. She gained fame on SCTV alongside comedy icons like Rick Moranis and John Candy. Known for roles in films like "After Hours," "Beetlejuice," "Home Alone," and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," she's also renowned for her work in Christopher Guest's mockumentaries. Her versatility extends to voicing Grandma Frump in "The Addams Family." O'Hara received a Lifetime Artistic Achieve...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Wild Robot
2024
as Pinktail (voice)
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
as Delia
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside ...

Argylle
2024
as Ruth
When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet ...

Pain Hustlers
2023
as Jackie
After losing her job, a single mom falls into a lucrative but ultimately dangerous scheme selling prescription drugs.

Elemental
2023
as Brook (voice)
In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: h...

Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
2021
as Self
From "SCTV" and "Home Alone" to "Best in Show" and "Schitt’s Creek", Catherine O’Hara collaborates with fellow performers throughout her legendary car...

An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
Joining multi-Grammy Award winning and one of the biggest UK artists of all time, Adele, for a unique and special night at the legendary London Pallad...

Back Home Again
2021
as Mayor Owl (voice)
An animated reimaging of the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes.

The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
2021
Help Jack and his monster-battling friends make choices to stay alive -- and have some fun -- in this interactive "Last Kids on Earth" adventure!

Extinct
2021
as Alma (voice)
Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals - flummels - accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, tra...

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020
as Self
Join iconic Canadian artists, activists, actors, and athletes as they share their stories of hope and inspiration in this national salute to our front...

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
2020
as Self
Interviews with the cast, creators, journalists and celebrity fans, plus behind-the-scenes footage from season six.

Canada Far and Wide
2020
as Herself
Canada Far and Wide is a Circle-Vision 360° film attraction for World Showcase at Epcot that started operation on January 17, 2020. Replacing O Canada...

The Addams Family
2019
as Grandma Frump (voice)
The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a treacherous, greedy crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their exte...

Being Canadian
2015
as Self
What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians, hopes to find the ans...

The Right Kind of Wrong
2013
as Tess
A stubborn idealist spies a bride on her way to her wedding and immediately falls in love with her.

A.C.O.D.
2013
as Melissa
A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and...

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
as Self
Actors, crew and executives who worked at Warner Bros. Pictures recall their days at the studio.

Frankenweenie
2012
as Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" ...

Killers
2010
as Mrs. Kornfeldt
When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, ...

Temple Grandin
2010
as Aunt Ann
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.

Where the Wild Things Are
2009
as Judith (voice)
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—cr...

Away We Go
2009
as Gloria Farlander
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide ...

For Your Consideration
2006
as Marilyn Hack
The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star ...

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
2006
as Duchess Rowena (voice)
King Randolph sends for his cousin, Duchess Rowena, to help turn his daughters, Princess Genevieve and her eleven sisters, into royal material. But th...

Brother Bear 2
2006
as Kata (voice)
Kenai finds his childhood human friend Nita and the two embark on a journey to burn the amulet he gave to her before he was a bear, much to Koda's dis...

Monster House
2006
as Mom (voice)
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against ...

Over the Hedge
2006
as Penny (voice)
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that poppe...

Game 6
2006
as Lillian Rogan
Combining real and fictional events, this movie centers around the historic 1986 World Series, and a day in the life of a playwright who skips opening...

Penelope
2006
as Jessica Wilhern
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate...

Christmas with SCTV
2006
Spend the holidays with the hilarious and beloved SCTV crew, starring John Candy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and many o...

Chicken Little
2005
as Tina - Alien Mom (voice)
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chic...

John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005
as Self
A tribute to the late John Candy from the cast of Spaceballs.
Wild About Books
2005
Librarian Molly McGrew introduces birds and beasts to the wonders of reading. And in no time, they are "forsaking their niches, their nests, and their...

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
as Justice Strauss
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and se...

The Wool Cap
2004
as Gloria
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwill...

Surviving Christmas
2004
as Christine Valco
A wealthy executive, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) has no close relationships and becomes nostalgic for his childhood home as Christmas approaches. When h...

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
2003
as Astro Glide
Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians sp...

A Mighty Wind
2003
as Mickey Crabbe
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion co...

Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.

Orange County
2002
as Cindy Beugler
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional famil...

Speaking of Sex
2001
as Connie Barker
A counselor, an expert on depression, and two attorneys try to help a couple who have marital problems.

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
2000
as Lorna Mae Loon (voice)
Edwurd Fudwupper spends all his time cooking up big fibs. But one day, he tells such a humdinger that the army, the air force and the dog catcher are ...

Best in Show
2000
as Cookie Fleck
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across Amer...

The Life Before This
1999
as Sheena
Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.

Bartok the Magnificent
1999
as Ludmilla (voice)
Albino bat Bartok – former sidekick to the wicked Grigori Rasputin – ventures to prove his true worth on a new quest to defeat the legendary Russian w...

Late Last Night
1999
as Dr. Fontes
After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and int...

Home Fries
1998
as Beatrice Lever
Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begin...

Hope
1997
as Muriel Macswain
The story of a town's secret, a family's crisis, and a young girl's struggle to reveal the truth.

Pippi Longstocking
1997
as Mrs. Helga Prysselius (voice)
Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun natu...

The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Cathleen
It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood...

Waiting for Guffman
1996
as Sheila Albertson
Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn tha...

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
as Calamity Jane
A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to ste...

A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
as April Simon
When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collec...

Wyatt Earp
1994
as Allie Earp
From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. Joined by his bro...

The Paper
1994
as Susan
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, p...

The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
as Sally / Shock (voice)
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus an...

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
as Kate
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems f...

There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
as Jessie Lodge
A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the New Jersey suburbs to find it. Two prisoners overh...

Rabbit Ears - Finn McCoul
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Finn McCoul is the greatest champion in all of Ireland, but when he discovers that the brutish giant Cucullin is after him, even the great Finn gets a...

Home Alone
1990
as Kate
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. Wh...

Little Vegas
1990
as Lexie
Quirky serio-comedy about the unusual residents of a desert trailer park that mobsters want to turn into a gambling mecca.

Betsy's Wedding
1990
as Gloria Henner
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but B...

Dick Tracy
1990
as Texie Garcia
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Ca...

Andrea Martin... Together Again
1989
Nightclub performer makes a comeback.

Andrea Martin... Together Again
1989
Writer
Nightclub performer makes a comeback.

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
1989
as Nancy Mae
In this HBO special, comedian Martin Short appears in a series of sketches, vignettes and musical performances about Hollywood, featuring some of his ...

The Best of SCTV
1988
Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.

The Best of SCTV
1988
Writer
Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.

Beetlejuice
1988
as Delia
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

Really Weird Tales
1986
as Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving")
The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.

Really Weird Tales
1986
Writer
The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.

Heartburn
1986
as Betty
Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reser...

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
1986
as Marie Antoinette
A college professor wishes he could live in Victorian England. Through a scientific experiment that goes wrong, he is able to make his dream come true...

PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome
1985
as Mary Marcus
Short film for David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival in 1985 produced by Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara.

PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome
1985
Writer
Short film for David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival in 1985 produced by Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara.

Tears Are Not Enough
1985
as Self
On 10 February 1985, fifty-three of Canada's top performers gathered together to record the song Tears Are Not Enough in an effort to generate aid to ...

After Hours
1985
as Gail
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

The Last Polka
1985
as Lemon Twin
A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.

Rock & Rule
1983
as Aunt Edith (voice)
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.

Rome, Italian Style
1982
as Ursula Schneider
On the SCTV Foreign Film Festival, Angelo loses control of his fantasies.

From Cleveland
1980
as Various
Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast.

From Cleveland
1980
Writer
Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast.

Double Negative
1980
as Judith
Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

Easter Fever
1980
as Scarlett O'Hare (voice)
A jive-talking Easter Bunny named Jack decides to retire, so his friends throw him a crazy roast before he officially hangs up his basket. A series of...

Nothing Personal
1980
as Audrey
Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
1979
as Ma Spademinder (voice)
With a new twist on an old holiday, Intergalatic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet is a delightful animated special combining space age fant...

Witch's Night Out
1978
as Malicious
A witch, disgruntled by the fact that no one takes Halloween seriously anymore, decides to stir things up and disrupt the social gathering in her old ...

Twilight Park
N/A
as Queen Henrietta
Twilight Park, a life size stop motion animated feature film about a boy Seraphim who along with Howie Heehaw; a rodeo show clown from Tibet, gets the...
Godspell 2025
N/A
A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, which launched many illustrious careers and ignited ...