Catherine O\u2019Hara\u2019s story was never just about the hits, though there were plenty:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SCTV, Beetlejuice, Home Alone, Best in Show, Schitt\u2019s Creek. It was about the way<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she moved through them \u2014 careful, almost stubborn, about what deserved her talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She turned down work rather than betray her instincts, choosing projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she could live with long after the laughter faded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Offscreen, she built the kind of life that rarely makes headlines: a decades\u2011long<\/p>\n\n\n\n
marriage to Bo Welch, two sons, and a home where conflict was softened by jokes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
instead of shouting. Her characters were often heightened, even insane;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the woman behind them was grounded, wistful, and relentlessly self-effacing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That contrast is what made her so beloved. She let audiences see the absurdity and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the ache at once. Now, as tributes pour in, it\u2019s clear her greatest legacy isn\u2019t a single role,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but the way she made feeling deeply and laughing loudly seem like the same, necessary act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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