Who Is Catherine O'Hara's Husband? All About Bo Welch & How They Met on Set
Catherine O’Hara has sadly passed away at the age of 71 and she is survived by her longtime love, husband Bo Welch.
Bo is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-nominated production designer who has worked on so many beloved projects, including one of Catherine‘s iconic films. That’s how they met!
Keep reading to find out more…
Back in 1987, Bo was the production designer on Beetlejuice and the couple started dating at the end of filming.
“We went on location at the end of the movie, and we started dating. I moved to L.A. to be with him,” Catherine told The New Yorker in 2019. “Yeah, I moved for love.”
Bo revealed that it was actually Tim Burton who encouraged him to ask Catherine out!
“Tim [Burton] told me, ‘You should ask Catherine out.’ It didn’t even occur to me that I was even supposed to talk to actors. But since Tim told me to, I did and then we dated and we’re married and here we are today,” he told Uproxx in 2015.
Catherine and Bo got married in April 1992. They welcomed their first son, Matthew, into the world in 1994. Their second son, Luke, was born in 1997. Both of their children have remained out of the public eye.
Bo has earned Oscar nominations for his work on the movies The Color Purple, A Little Princess, The Birdcage, and Men in Black. He received Emmy nominations for his work on A Series of Unfortunate Events and Schmigadoon.
As a director, Bo directed 2003′s The Cat in the Hat and five episodes of A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Browse through the gallery for photos of the couple throughout the years…