Catherine O'Hara
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954 in Toronto , Ontario , Canada) is an American actress , screenwriter and singer-songwriter of Irish - Canadian descent. O'Hara is an Emmy Award winner , among others .
life and career
Catherine O'Hara comes from a large family. She made her debut in the 1976 television film The Rimshots . From 1976 to 1977, she starred opposite Dan Aykroyd and John Candy in the television series Coming Up Rosie .
O'Hara wrote scripts for the comedy series SCTV Network 90 from 1981 to 1982 , for which she and the other authors were nominated for an Emmy in 1982 and 1983 and in 1982 for the screenplay of the episode Moral Majority Show received the Emmy. In the thriller comedy Die Zeit nach Mitternacht (1985) she played on the side of Rosanna Arquette and Linda Fiorentino ; in the comedy Heartburn (1986) she starred alongside Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson . In the comedies Kevin - Alone at Home (1990) and Kevin - Alone in New York (1992), she played the role of Kate McCallister , the mother of Kevin McCallister , played by Macaulay Culkin .
For her appearance on the television series Outer Limits - The Unknown Dimension , O'Hara was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 . She won the 2000 Genie Award for the lead role in the action film The Life Before This (1999), in which she played alongside Joe Pantoliano . She was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for her roles in the comedies Best in Show (2000) and A Mighty Wind (2003) . She won the American Comedy Award and the Canadian Comedy Award in 2001 for the role in Best in Show . The role in A Mighty Wind earned her the 2003 Seattle Film Critics Award and the 2004 Florida Film Critics Circle Award . Having for Tim Burton already has a role in Beetlejuice and a synchronous role in The Nightmare Before Christmas took over, returned O'Hara again in 2012 as a voice for a Tim Burton film back. She spoke in the feature film version of Burton's cult short film Frankenweenie as Susan Frankenstein, Edgar, Gym teacher, Mrs. Epstein and the Weird girl.
O'Hara was temporarily a member of the Northern Lights music group . She also composed songs that she sang with her sister Mary Margaret O'Hara on the television show The Last Polka (1985).
O'Hara has been married to production designer Bo Welch since 1992 and has two sons.
Filmography (selection)
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Web links
- Catherine O'Hara in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Catherine O'Hara in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official Frankenweenie Image Gallery Electrifies the Interwebs , accessed May 5, 2012
- ^ IMDb: Biography of Catherine O'Hara
- ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
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| SURNAME | O'Hara, Catherine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Hara, Catherine Anne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress, screenwriter and singer-songwriter of Irish-Canadian descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4th 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |