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Canadian comedy legend Catherine O'Hara has died at age 71. The Toronto-born star got her start at Second City in 1974 and was also known for her on-screen successes including Schitt's Creek and Home Alone.

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Toronto-born Catherine O'Hara has died at age 71.Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press

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O'Hara (third from left) got her start at Second City Toronto and was part of the television adaptation.E PABLO KOSMICKI/The Associated Press

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Peter Aykroyd, O'Hara and Martin Short in Second City sketch Once More with Fooling, 1977.Second City

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Eugene Levy, left, and O'Hara in 2000 comedy film Best In Show.Wren Maloney//Getty Images

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John Heard and O’Hara in 1990 hit film Home Alone.Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock

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O'Hara as Moira in Schitt's Creek.Supplied

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O'Hara, Levy, Annie Murphy, and Dan Levy at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2024.Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

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Levy and O'Hara played husband and wife on Schitt’s Creek.Steve Wilkie/CBC

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Fellow Canadian actor Seth Rogen and O’Hara in 2025 Apple TV series The Studio.Apple TV+/Supplied

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O'Hara and her husband Bo Welch attend the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2025.Amy Sussman/Getty Images

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O'Hara on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2002.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

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From left to right, actors Michael McKean, Jennifer Coolidge, Harry Shearer and O'Hara from the film For Your Consideration in 2006.Carlo Allegri/Getty Images

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Zoë Kravitz and O’Hara in The Studio.Apple TV+/Supplied

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Pedro Pascal and O’Hara in season 2 of The Last of Us.HBO/Supplied

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O'Hara accepts the award for best actress in a comedy for Schitt's Creek at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.MARK BLINCH/Reuters

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O'Hara was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General Julie Payette in 2018.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

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Levy and O'Hara in A Mighty Wind.The Associated Press

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Fred Willard, O'Hara, Christopher Guest, Parker Posey and Eugene Levy in 1996 comedy Waiting for Guffman.Bravo/Supplied

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O'Hara and Claire Danes in Temple Grandin.Supplied

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Maya Rudolph and O'Hara in Away We Go.Supplied

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