Catherine O'Hara Beams In Footage Featured In Martin Short's Upcoming Netflix Doc
The late Catherine O'Hara will be featured in an upcoming Netflix documentary based on the life of her friend, comedian Martin Short.
The trailer for the documentary, which was released on Friday, shows home movies of the lifelong friends, as well as a clip of her being interviewed on Short's behalf.
"I feel like he could improvise to eternity, couldn't he?" she said of the famed comedian.
The trailer also showed compilation of vintage videos featuring O'Hara and Short dancing together as well as footage, presumably taken by him, telling her how much of a fan he was.
"I loved you in 'Home Alone!' You're wonderful!" he said, as he closed in on her smiling face.
O'Hara's inclusion in the documentary comes as no surprise as the two were friends for decades, since the very start of their careers working in the Toronto comedy scene.
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Upon the news of her death in January, Short along with friend and fellow comedian Steve Martinpaid tribute to her at a comedy show the following day.
"Catherine O'Hara I met when she was 18 years of age," Short said according to footage shared on TikTok. "All these years later, she's been the greatest, most brilliant, kindest, sweetest angel that any of us worked with so, God bless Catherine."
O'Hara died of a blood clot in her lung, according to records obtained by TMZ. She was 71.
Also featured in the documentary was Eugene Levy who was a longtime friend and on-screen counterpart to both Short and O'Hara. Most recently, Levy and O'Hara played husband and wife on Schitt's Creek.
"I had the honor of knowing and working with the great Catherine O'Hara for over fifty years," he told People in a statement after her death. "From our beginnings on the Second City stage, to SCTV, to the movies we did with Chris Guest, to our six glorious years on Schitt's Creek, I cherished our working relationship, but most of all our friendship. And I will miss her. My heart goes out to Bo, Matthew, Luke, and the entire O'Hara family."
The documentary, titled 'Marty, Life Is Short.' also includes interviews fromTom Hanks, and John Mulaney. It comes to the streaming platform on May 12.
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This story was originally published May 1, 2026 at 12:02 PM.