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Opinion: Remembering Catherine O'Hara

Opinion Opinion: Remembering Catherine O'Hara January 31, 20268:00 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon Opinion: Remembering Catherine O'Hara Listen 2:34 2:34 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed iframe src"https:www.npr.orgplayerembednx-s1-5687210nx-s1-9629961" width"100" height"290" frameborder"0" scrolling"no" title"NPR embedded audio player" Catherine O'Hara attends the UK Premiere of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" at Cineworld Leicester Square on August 29, 2024 in London, England. John PhillipsGetty ImagesGetty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption John PhillipsGetty ImagesGetty Images Europe Years before Catherine O' Hara, who died yesterday at the age of 71, became so famed as the frenetic suburban mother who's realized she's misplaced one of her sons in the Home Alone films. Before she appeared alongside her frequent comic co-conspirator, Eugene Levy, as a mismatched couple with a prize-winning dog in Best In Show. Or as Moira and Johnny Rose, the power couple who have lost their fortune, but not their self regard, and moved to a one-moose Canadian town in the sitcom Schitt's Creek. I remember waiting to see her perform at the improvs at The Second City in Chicago. Some of the cast had come down from the Toronto Second City. John Candy, Martin Short, Dave Thomas, and yes, Eugene Levy, but the excited talk in line was, "Have you seen her yet Catherine O'Hara?" She'd started as a waitress at the company and worked her way on stage. She'd invent the

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