I absolutely ADORE funny women and she was for sure the upper echelon. Not everything she was in was a guaranteed hit but her part would definitely be stand-out funny.
What an absolute loss for the industry and for fans.
oh no
I found her extraordinarily believable in any role she played. It’s a great loss.
“It was in Baltimore…”
“Can you direct me to the hotel?”
I’ve always said she had the perfect career. No one has ever said, “Hey, let’s go see that Catherine O’Hara movie.” But when she shows up in one, “Oh, I love her.” She never had to carry a movie but she always brightened up one when she was in it.
She had an interesting condition called Situs inversus. Her organs were mirrored, that is, on the opposite side in her body. Others with the condition are Enrique Iglesias and Donny Osmond.
One of my favorite scenes from Schitt’s Creek - folding in the cheese.
Terrible news. RIP LEGEND
I just saw this.
I watched her on SCTV, starting in 1977.
Loved her as Katherine Hepburn in the SCTV sketch The Man Who Would be King of the Popes, their catch-all parody of dramas based on British history (The Lion in Winter, Becket, A Man for All Seasons, Anne of a Thousand Days, etc.) She was obviously doing Hepburn from Lion in Winter (“Oh, and I love all of your accents more than my own!”)
I have loved Catherine O’Hara since the early days of SCTV and will miss her greatly.
Was just thinking of her a day or so ago and her especially funny “commercial” about Tammy Faye Bakker’s industrial strength makeup.
“I WANT TO INTRODUCE MISTER ZIMBALIST!!!”
RIP Catherine. You made many a dark time brighter.
Ohh, wow, I had forgotten she was in that sketch. It was definitely worth another watch today.
Don’t forget her multiple portrayals as the world’s most negligent mother.
An article from the AP on her passing. It notes:
With Andrea Martin from the Letterman show a million years ago:
It makes me want to pull out my boxed set.
Such a great career. I always liked her. Very sad news.
RIP
“A small vise-like object?”
That video is so nostalgic. I think almost everyone in there had successful careers but this was the start for them.
Dunno if SCTV was broadcast nationally in the US but, since I live in the “Second City,” I got to see this. A real treat.
Catherine O’Hara was great in it. I grew up watching her.
Seasons 4 and 5 were run on NBC in a late-night Friday time slot; Season 6 apparently ran on the premium cable channel Cinemax. It looks like Season 3 might have been syndicated here, running in some markets.
I was in high school when SCTV ran on NBC, and I fell in love with it. The Bob & Doug sketches broke through here, and their comedy record was a hit here.
I saw some episodes on NBC as a child in the Louisville, Kentucky area.
For me she’ll always be Kevin’s mom and Delia.
A great Canadian.
R.I.P.