Macaulay Culkin is among the famous faces who have paid heartbreaking tribute to Catherine O’Hara, who died on Friday at the age of 71.
The star passed away at her home in Los Angeles ‘following a brief illness,’ the Daily Mail has confirmed. Her cause of death has not been revealed.
O’Hara famously played Culkin’s mother in the first two Home Alone films, and was well known for playing Moira Rose Schitt’s Creek, where she won an Emmy for her role at the 2020 awards ceremony.
The actress was also known for her roles in films including Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind.
More recently, she starred as Patty Leigh in Apple TV+’s The Studio.
The legendary actress starred alongside many of Hollywood’s A-listers, many of whom took to social media to pay tribute to the star in the wake of her death.
‘Mama. I thought we had time,’ Culkin wrote, alongside two pictures – one of the pair in Home Alone and another more recent image after the duo reunited on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
‘I wanted more. I wanted to sit in a chair next to you. I heard you but I had so much more to say. I love you,’ he concluded the post. ‘I’ll see you later.’
A slew of famous faces have paid heartbreaking tribute to Catherine O’Hara, who died on Friday at the age of 71 (pictured in September 2025)
Macaulay Culkin is among the famous faces who have paid heartbreaking tribute to Catherine O’Hara, who died on Friday at the age of 71
Pedro Pascal, who starred alongside the actress on the second season of HBO’s The Last of Us, wrote on Instagram.
‘Oh, genius to be near you. Eternally grateful. There is less light in my world, this lucky world that had you, will keep you, always. Always,’ he wrote, with a heart emoji.
He concluded the post: ‘The one and ONLY Catherine O’Hara’, accompanying the words with a sweet snap of the two of them embracing.
Justin Theroux, who starred alongside O’Hara in the 2024 film Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, shared a snap of the star’s chair on set with her name on it.
‘Oh Catherine. You will be so so missed,’ he simply wrote.
Actor and filmmaker Ron Howard, who worked with O’Hara in the 1994 film The Paper, shared a message to X, calling it ‘shattering news.’
‘What a wonderful person, artist and collaborator. I was lucky enough to direct, produce and act in projects with her and she was simply growing more brilliant with each year,’ he wrote. ‘My heart goes out to Bo & family.’
Hilaria Baldwin was also among those to pay tribute. She shared an Instagram story featuring both O’Hara and husband Alec Baldwin in a behind-the-scenes interview from Beetlejuice in 1988.
O’Hara famously played Macaulay Culkin’s mother in the first two Home Alone films
Pedro Pascal, who starred alongside the actress on the second season of HBO’s The Last of Us, penned on Instagram
Justin Theroux, who starred alongside O’Hara in the 2024 film Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, shared a snap of the star’s chair on set with her name on it
Hilaria Baldwin was among those to pay tribute. She shared an Instagram story featuring both O’Hara and husband Alec Baldwin in a behind-the-scenes interview from Beetlejuice
The overlaid caption read: ‘Rest in peace. Rip Catherine O’Hara. Legend.’
In another Instagram story, Baldwin shared a snap of O’Hara along with a quote that read: ‘I’ve always been more comfortable being ridiculous than being glamorous.’
Comedian Tom Green, best known for Road Trip and The Tom Green Show, wrote on X (formerly Twitter): ‘I’m so sorry to hear the news that Canadian comedy legend Catherine O’Hara has passed away at 71.
‘She’s kept me and millions of others entertained throughout my lifetime — from her brilliant work on SCTV, to Home Alone, Beetlejuice, Best in Show, Schitt’s Creek, and so many other films and television classics.
‘Her characters brought so much joy and laughter to the world. It’s with a heavy heart that I share this today. Rest in peace, Catherine O’Hara — one of the greatest Canadian comedy icons of all time.’
Former Saturday Night Live castmate, Kevin Nealon, paid his respects to O’Hara, calling her performances ‘unforgettable.’
‘Catherine O’Hara changed how so many of us understand comedy and humanity,’ he wrote.
‘From the chaos and heart of Home Alone to the unforgettable precision of Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek, she created characters we’ll rewatch again and again.’
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