You can call her a misunderstood artiste or a stepmonster but any way you put it, Catherine O’Hara’s Delia Deetz in 1988’s Beetlejuice is a devilishly delicious pop culture mom in a class of her own.
Through the lens 2024, the character – who returns in this week’s sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – is in many ways a hair-dye-and-formaldehyde-soaked antidote to the tradwife trend dominating social media. Married to a square and stuck in a rural house that she hates in the first movie, Delia soothes her displeasure with her commitment to art – outlandish sculpture pieces that became part of the visual signature of the Tim Burton classic – along with self medication (or, Prince Valium).
That is, before the undead take her on a ride that has her household terrorized by a trickster demon named Beetlejuice. Deila’s very specific verbal tics and facial expressions – not to mention an incredible lip sync performance – made her unforgettable, and, thanks to O’Hara, one of the biggest draws for this week’s new installment in the franchise.
But Delia isn’t the only out-there mom O’Hara has portrayed on the big or small screen. Here’s a look at some other titles in which the beloved Canadian actress was able to flex her madcap maternal instincts:
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