Catherine O'Hara Was Everybody's Mother

Catherine O’Hara, who died January 30 in Los Angeles, shall be remembered for her capability to convey huge feeling with the smallest motion of her face. She might slide from nice blankness to overwrought terror instantly; she might wield immense energy with a well mannered nod. Together with her frequent onscreen accomplice Eugene Levy, O’Hara morphed right into a dozen completely different guises: She was the wide-eyed harmless in Ready for Guffman, then weaponized that naivete right into a steely competence in Finest in Present. By A Mighty Wind, she was Levy’s world-weary ex, like a pissed off and folksy Stevie Nicks to…