Catherine O’Hara died on Jan. 30, 2026 at age 71. As a red carpet fixture and the iconic Moira Rose on \u00ab\u00a0Schitt’s Creek,\u00a0\u00bb the actress redefined what \u00ab\u00a0age-appropriate\u00a0\u00bb style can look like.<\/b>
\nFrom her avant-garde getups as \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201d matriarch Moira Rose to her \u201cHome Alone\u201d power suits and goth-glam \u201cBeetlejuice\u201d costumes, Catherine O\u2019Hara has embodied some seriously stylish characters onscreen.
But the Hollywood legend \u2014 who died on Jan. 30, 2026 at the age of 71 \u2014 was a true fashion icon offscreen as well, with a keen eye for clothes that made her one of our absolute favorites to watch on the red carpet, particularly in recent years.
Working closely with her longtime stylist, Andrew Gelwicks, the award-winning Canadian actress topped best-dressed lists in looks from labels like Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs, Thom Browne and Valentino, often in Moira Rose\u2019s preferred color palette.
\u201cI\u2019ve always loved black and white, and I think it can be very clean and works anywhere,\u201d O\u2019Hara told Vogue in 2020. \u201cAnd then working on \u2018Schitt\u2019s Creek\u2019 for six years really just strengthened my love for black and white even more. It\u2019s bold and it\u2019s strong and it\u2019s graphic and cartoony and cool all at the same time. Classic.\u201d
And it was her role on the TV comedy that catapulted O\u2019Hara to wider fashion-star status; her first front-row appearance wasn\u2019t until 2020, when she attended a Tom Ford show in a glossy, croc-embossed skirt suit by the designer. (\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe how serious people were,\u201d she told Vogue of the experience. \u201cThere was so little laughing or smiling; it\u2019s so intense. I just felt like a happy alien in that place.\u201d
Ultimately, both O\u2019Hara and the chic characters she played later in her career redefined what \u201cage-appropriate\u201d dressing can look like, proving that style has no expiration date.
\u201cI\u2019d like women, especially ones of a certain age, to be influenced by Moira\u2019s wonderfully daring sense of fashion,\u201d she told WSJ in 2019. \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to wear wigs.\u201d
Below, a look back at some of O\u2019Hara\u2019s most memorable red carpet moments.<\/p>\n