Remembering Catherine O’Hara, a talented performer and a kind person

When Catherine O’Hara talked to us in 2023 about returning to the Hollywood Bowl to sing the role of Sally in “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” she surprised us by discussing just how anxious she got before showtime.

“I’m horribly nervous; I am, I am,” O’Hara said of those moments in the dark before stepping on stage.

That was hard to believe because O’Hara, who died Friday, Jan. 30 at 71, always seemed at home in the spotlight during a career in television and movies that ran almost exactly 50 years.