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No One Wore a Wig Like Catherine O'Hara

Wig people are special, and O'Hara embodied that spirit like no other.

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
Feb 02, 2026
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Cross-posted by Ministry of Pop Culture
"I only *just* wrote about Schitt's Creek as one of my favorite sources of hopeful viewing when we heard about the death of Catherine O'Hara, so I thought I'd share my Ministry of Pop Culture tribute to her here as well. May she rest in wigs."
- Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
PopTV/Netflix

Moira Rose had lost nearly everything. She and her family, once wealthy from a video rental chain empire, were now living in a cheap motel in a small town called Schitt’s Creek. Even so, Moira held onto her wig collection, made room for it among the family’s meager space. She might don an edgy black and gray bob, or long, blond locks; tight…


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