Actor Catherine O'Hara, who worked in the United States and Canada, died at 71. She became known worldwide for playing the mother of Kevin in the Home Alone series. In 2015, she also won the Emmy Award for lead actress for her role as Moira Rose in the sitcom Schitt's Creek.
According to the Associated Press and others, O'Hara's agency CAA said the actor died on the 30th, local time, at her home in Los Angeles after an illness. The specific illness was not disclosed.
O'Hara, a Canadian comedy actor, began her acting career in the 1970s at the Toronto comedy troupe Second City. She then moved to Hollywood and appeared in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988). She gained popular acclaim with the 1990 film Home Alone. Recently, she appeared in the HBO drama The Last of Us Season 2.
Macaulay Culkin, who played Kevin in Home Alone, wrote on social media, "Mom, I thought we had more time," and "I wish we could sit side by side in our chairs and talk more. I love you. See you again."
Meryl Streep, who appeared together in the film Heartburn, said, "Catherine O'Hara brought love and light to the world through the witty compassion she had for the oddball characters she played," adding, "It is a great loss to her family and friends, and to the audience she treated like friends."