Kate McCallister

Kate McCallister is the mother of Kevin McCallister and is the tritagonist of the first two Home Alone films and a minor character in the fourth Home Alone film.

Portrayals
In the first two films, she is played by Catherine O'Hara, while Clare Carey played her in the fourth film.

Home Alone 1 & 2
Kate is first seen talking on the phone and her youngest son, Kevin comes in and asks why won't his Uncle Frank watch a gangster film, but she makes Kevin leave the room, after Kevin got into a fight with Buzz for stealing his pizza, she becomes infuriated and sends Kevin to the third floor for fighting with Buzz before Kevin wishes to make his family disappear. After the family arrived just in time for their flight to Paris, she finds out there's something missing as her husband Peter responds what else they could forget and discovers that the family forgot Kevin. She tried to call the police in the US and getting a flight from Dallas TX, but it didn't work, until she gets a ride home with a polka band. The next day after Kevin finally got Harry and Marv defeated and arrested, she arrived home and apologizes to Kevin and the two hug before the rest of the family arrived home.

In the sequel, Kate has a major role similar to the previous film, she talks to Kevin about the trip to Miami Florida as Kevin asks how can they have christmas in florida if they don't have any palm trees. After Buzz humilates Kevin at the Christmas Pageant, Kevin pushes Buzz and Kate shouts out Kevin's name, Kevin wishes to have his own vacation. After the family arrived in Florida, she discovers that Kevin is missing and she and Peter realized Kevin could be lost somewhere. She gets a call from the police in New York saying that Kevin is found in New York, but is lost so she and the family arrived to New York and discovers that Kevin ran off from the Plaza Hotel and Kate decides to search for Kevin alone when she discovers that Kevin likes Christmas trees and she apologizes to Kevin and the two reconcile and went to the Plaza Hotel as Kate tells Kevin that the family didn't like the palm trees and having Christmas in florida.