THEEMMY-NOMINATEDSCHITT’S
CREEKCO-STARSOPENUP ABOUT
THEIR40-YEARFRIENDSHIP
WE’VEKNOWNEACHOTHERFOREVERCatherine
startedas a waitressat Toronto’sSecondCityimprov-
comedytheaterwhenEugenewasa castmember
therein themid-’70s.Shetriedoutforthetroupe,and
“i t wasa reallygoodaudition,butthegeneralfeeling
was shewasjusta littleyoung,”remembersEugene,
72 , aboutCatherine,65.“Lessthansixmonthslater,
she wasin thecast.ShereplacedGildaRadner.”
WE’VEWONEMMYSBEFOREBothtookhome
writingEmmysforSCTVNetwork 90 inthe’80sand
are nominatedagainforbestactorandactressas a
ri chcoupleforcedto livein a smalltownon PopTV’s
Schitt’sCreek. “I’mstilla littlestunnedandexcited,”
saysEugeneof hisfirstactingnod(Catherinewas
nominatedfor2010’sTVmovieTempleGrandin).
SCHITT’SCREEKISA FAMILYAFFAIREugene
co-createdthesitcomwithsonDan Levy,35,whoalso
playshisoffspringon theshow.“Obviouslyyou’reat an
advantagewhenyou’rewritinga familydynamicand
you’veexperiencedthedynamic,”saysDan.
WE’REHAPPILYMARRIED—TO OTHERPEOPLE
Eugenehasbeenwedto writerDeborahDivinesince
19 77,whileCatherinemethusbandBo Welchwhenhe
was productiondesigneron her 1988 filmBeetlejuice.
but she says, “We probably
wouldn’t still be working
together if we’d gone
longer on the dating.”
WE’RE KINDRED SPIRITS
“I’ve never considered
myself a comedian,” says
Eugene. “We’re both
character actors.”
5 THINGS YOU
DI DN’T KNOW
ABOUT US
CATHERINE O’HARA
& EUGENE LEVY
Eugene and Catherine on the
Pop TV sitcom Schitt’s Creek...
...and with their fellow SCTV cast
members in the ’70s
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