Macaulay Culkin holds back tears while remembring Catherine O’Hara at Emmys

Three of Catherine O’Hara‘s friends and costars came together to pay tribute to the actress at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Dan Levy, Annie Murphy and Macaulay Culkin took the stage Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles to share memories of working with O’Hara, who died at the age of 71 after suffering a pulmonary embolism. At the time, rectal cancer was listed as the underlying cause of the embolism.

“We remember her as the forgetful mother, right? But I will never forget about her,” Culkin, 46, said on the broadcast, referencing his experiences on-screen with O’Hara in the Home Alone movies.

“There are all kinds of words I could use to describe Catherine. She was encouraging, she was warm, she was funny. But the word I think of is ‘mama,’ ” he added. “She wasn’t just a wife and mother to Bo and Matthew and Luke, she was my mom. And by extension, she’s all of our mama. By the way, call your mother tonight. For real. Give it up for the moms.”