My Lunch With Catherine O’Hara: On Creating Moira Rose and Making Us All Laugh About ‘Schitt’s Creek’

Over a lunch in February 2020, friends and colleagues Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy talked about 'Schitt's Creek' and the creation of Moira Rose.

Catherine O’Hara, Emmy-winning comic actor of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ fame, dies at 71

Catherine O'Hara has died at 71. The Emmy-winning actor was known for her roles on “SCTV,” “Schitt's Creek,” and the two “Home Alone” films.

Catherine O'Hara revealed she had rare genetic condition years ago

Catherine O'Hara, who died Jan. 30, previously opened up about a rare congenital condition called dextrocardia with situs inversus.

Catherine O'Hara played drunk better than anyone

O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity.

Moira Rose, Delia Deetz, Cookie Fleck and Kevin’s mom: Catherine O’Hara’s memorable roles

Catherine O’Hara's prodigious comic gifts were displayed in roles over five decades. Her eccentric matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt's Creek” brought her legions of new fans — and an Emmy — and elevated an arcane new vocabulary.

'What a gift': Hollywood remembers Catherine O'Hara