Dan Levy is mourning the lack of his “Schitt’s Creek” co-star and “prolonged household” Catherine O’Hara, following her dying on Friday at age 71.
The beloved “Dwelling Alone” and “Beetlejuice” actress died on Friday at her Los Angeles dwelling “following a short sickness,” her supervisor confirmed to the Day by day Information.
O’Hara’s dying hit onerous for many who knew and cherished her, together with Levy, who co-created “Schitt’s Creek” and performed her son on the sitcom for six seasons.
“What a present to have gotten to bounce within the heat glow of Catherine O’Hara’s brilliance for all these years,” the 42-year-old Emmy winner wrote in an emotional tribute to his TV mother.
“Having spent over 50 years collaborating with my dad, Catherine was prolonged household earlier than she ever performed my household,” Levy wrote on Instagram. “It’s onerous to think about a world with out her in it. I’ll cherish each humorous reminiscence I used to be lucky sufficient to make along with her.”
Levy mentioned his “coronary heart goes out” to O’Hara’s longtime husband, Bo Welch, and their two sons, Matthew and Luke, in addition to “each member of her massive, lovely household.”
In 2020, O’Hara gained her second and remaining Emmy — of many nominations — for her position as Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek,” the hit sitcom created by Levy and his dad, co-star Eugene Levy.
O’Hara and the elder Levy had been mates for the reason that Seventies. The 2 labored collectively quite a few occasions all through their careers, together with on the Canadian sketch comedy sequence “SCTV” and in 4 Christopher Visitor mockumentary movies.
Many different stars have paid tribute to O’Hara following information of her passing, together with “Dwelling Alone” co-star Macaulay Culkin, longtime good friend and collaborator Michael Keaton, and comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Brief.
