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She met her husband, production designer and director Bo Welch, on the set of "Beetlejuice."

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She met her husband, production designer and director Bo Welch, on the set of "Beetlejuice."

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Catherine O'Hara, husband Bo Welch, and family during 'The Cat In The Hat' world premiere at Universal Studios Cinema in Universal City, Calif., in 2003. Credit:

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Catherine O'Hara, the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning star of *Home Alone*, *Beetlejuice*, and *Schitt's Creek*, died on Friday at age 71. She is survived by her husband, Bo Welch, and two sons, Matthew and Luke Welch.

After high school, O'Hara pivoted from being a waitress at Toronto's Second City Theater to being part of its ensemble. There, she honed the comedic chops she'd later to put to use on *Second City Television* (*SCTV*) and with acclaimed directors like Mike Nichols and Martin Scorsese, with whom she worked on *Heartburn* and *After Hours*, respectively.

She soon landed a leading role in Tim Burton's irreverent *Beetlejuice* as Delia Deetz, a daffy sculptor with a perverse interest in the supernatural. It was on the *Beetlejuice* set where she met Bo, who was working as a production designer.

"I was grouching to Tim Burton about how this guy was talking to me all the time and never asking me out," O'Hara recalled in a 2018 interview with *InStyle*. "We had a break between filming in Los Angeles and on location, and in that time, Tim told Bo that he should ask me out. Our first day of shooting at the house was the day that Bo finally asked me out. So that's what I see when I look at the scenes we shot there. Matchmaking Tim Burton!"

As she told the *New Yorker* in 2019, she relocated to L.A. to be with him. "I moved for love," she said. The pair married in 1992, and O'Hara has some amusing stories about the private tour of the Vatican they took during their honeymoon, a gift from Burton.

They welcomed their first child, Matthew, in 1994. In 1997, O'Hara gave birth to Luke, their second son.

As we mourn her passing, get to know Catherine O'Hara's family, including her husband and sons.

Bo is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated production designer

Bo Welch and Catherine O'Hara attend Apple TV's Primetime Emmy Party Red Carpet at Ysabel on September 14, 2025, in West Hollywood.

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Prior to working on *Beetlejuice*, Bo worked worked on movies like Steven Spielberg's *The Color Purple* and Joel Schumacher's *The Lost Boys*. His work on the former had netted Bo his first of four Oscar nominations. (He'd later be nominated for 1995's *A Little Princess*, 1996's *The Birdcage*, and 1997's *Men in Black*.)**

Bo continued his collaboration with Burton, re-teaming with the filmmaker for macabre movies like *Edward Scissorhands* and *Batman Returns*. He eventually took up directing, helming episodes of *Secret Agent Man* and *The Tick *before helming 2003's Mike Myers-starring *Cat in the Hat*.

He also directed five episodes of Netflix's *A Series of Unfortunate Events*, on which he was also the production designer. His design earned him an Emmy nomination, and O'Hara even appeared in several episodes, one of their few professional collaborations post-*Beetlejuice*.

Most recently, he served as a production designer on the Apple series *Schmigadoon!*, for which he was nominated for another Emmy.

He spoke about his interest in the fantastical in a 2022 interview with Below the Line. "The real world is around us, and of course, it's sometimes gorgeous, often a mess. I am more interested in an immaculate universe full of the stuff that comes from people's imagination than cobbling together pieces of reality to satisfy a story," he said.

Speaking of his work more broadly, he said, "You can do this job for 100 years, and I swear every time you come to this part of production design, picking colors, it's like you've just started this career. It is so difficult. You go through iterations and samples and colors, and then once in a while you find it and it's right and once in a while, it's wrong. It's a tedious and painful process to get what you want."

Matthew and Luke also work in show business

Catherine O'Hara, husband Bo Welch, and family during 'The Cat In The Hat' world premiere at Universal Studios Cinema in Universal City, Calif., in 2003.

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Matthew and Luke Welch have mostly stayed out of the spotlight, but a 2020 *Vanity Fair* profile of O'Hara notes that they work in show business as a set dresser and in set construction.

Both worked alongside O'Hara on *Schitt's Creek*, the beloved CBC sitcom that scored nine Emmys and two Golden Globes during its six-season run, including trophies for O'Hara's performance as Moira Rose.

According to PEOPLE, O'Hara also revealed that one of her sons was working as a set dresser on *The Last of Us*, the second season of which featured O'Hara.

In a 2007 interview with the *Toronto Star*, the actress spoke about her sons' senses of humor. "They're very funny, and we encourage it," O'Hara said. "The older one does Warners cartoon bits, really old-fashioned, cheap-a-- funny vaudeville stuff. And the little one does word play."

She added, "I'm proud to say, we all make each other laugh. Like in my home, growing up. I learned that from my parents. They made each other laugh to the end, God bless 'em."**

O'Hara said being a mother was "one of the most important roles in life"

Catherine O'Hara at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 15, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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O'Hara often noted how family came first in her life.

Speaking with *519 Magazine* in 2019, she said she tried to be with her family "as much as I can be," adding, "I have two sons, and when they were babies, I thought, 'What's the point? What's the point of having children if I'm not going to be with them?' So that was always number one consideration and always will be."**

O'Hara went on to describe how when she's at work, she's "100% at work." As such, she said she always tried to be intentional about the jobs she took and how they would impact her life at home.**

Speaking about her role on *Schitt's Creek* in a 2019 interview with *Variety*, O'Hara said, "It's great to play a realized mother because it is one of the most important roles in life."

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