Pat Carroll

The boisterous comedienne appeared on 'Caesar's Hour' and 'The Danny Thomas Show' and won acclaim playing Gertrude Stein in a one-woman play.

Carroll won the part and went on to voice the character in several video games and a 1993 Little Mermaid CBS series. Carroll first starred on Broadway in 1955 in the musical revue Catch a Star! written by Danny and Neil Simon. The performance earned her a Tony nomination. The key was a recording that he had made of him singing the song. Writer-directors Ron Clements and John Musker saw Ursula more like a bellowing aquatic version of Bea Arthur, but her agent took offense when the script likened the actress to a witch — and passed. Undoubtedly, her most memorable character was Ursula for the 1989 Disney feature The Little Mermaid. It would prove to be one of her favorite roles. Once Carroll heard and saw that, the rest was easy. Carroll’s enthusiasm made the octopus-like character uniquely her own and Ursula would become one of Disney’s most memorable villains. But it was during the ‘80s that her voiceover career skyrocketed; she could be heard on the cartoons Yogi’s Treasure Hunt, Galaxy High School, Foofur, Pound Puppies and Superman. Alas, her agent quickly nixed the idea. Carroll also was a game show favorite. Carroll’s perky personality, screwball wit and impeccable timing made her a great second banana, and Red Buttons, Jimmy Durante, Mickey Rooney, Steve Allen and Charley Weaver were among those who called upon her to make their programs funnier. It was impossible for them to fumble.

Grammy and Emmy-winning actor and comedian Pat Carroll, who worked in television and onstage for decades before putting in one of the most iconic ...

As is often the case with voice actors from the period known as the Disney Renaissance, Carroll returned to other Disney projects to play Ursula in TV appearances and sequels and spin-offs as recently as in a 2020 Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse short. The recording of the show won her a Grammy Award in 1980 for Best Spoken Word, Documentary, Or Drama. Carroll began to do voice acting in the ‘80s, working on Galaxy High School, Yogi’s Treasure Hunt, Foofur, Pound Puppies, and the original English dub of My Neighbor Totoro. Grammy and Emmy-winning actor and comedian Pat Carroll, who worked in television and onstage for decades before putting in one of the most iconic performances in animated movie history as Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, has died.

"We ask that you honor her by having a raucous laugh at absolutely anything today (and everyday forward)," her daughters said in a statement.

The show won her a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress and the Outer Circle Drama Critics' award for Best Production Off Broadway in 1980. Carroll was married to Lee Karsian until they divorced in 1976. "I knew something was happening when my children told me, 'Mom, you're repeating everything three times,'" she said. But she had an accomplished career long before that, especially in the early decades of TV. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1927, Carroll and her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 5. I think people are fascinated by mean characters ... I'm even intrigued by her when I look at it." Carroll was best known for her role voicing Ursula, the villain with an unmistakable laugh in the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid. She has said in interviews that it was a "lifelong ambition" of hers to be in a Disney movie.

Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for 'Caesar's Hour' and the voice Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid,' has died. She was 95.

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Pat Carroll, veteran actress known for her role as Ursula in The Little Mermaid, has passed away at 95.

She’ll forever be a part of the Disney family and the actress will live on with her vast list of memorable performances. She would also play the villain in the popular Disney series House of Mouse, Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, Mickey’s House of Villains, and the popular video game series Kingdom Hearts. Carroll would also voice Ursula’s younger sister Morgana in the franchise’s direct-to-video sequel The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea in 2000. Carroll would reprise that iconic role many times over the years, first in The Little Mermaid animated series in 1993.

Pat Carroll, the Emmy and Grammy-winning voice of Ursula from 1989's The Little Mermaid, has died.

Pat Carroll mostly did voice work in the last 20 years, but she continued doing live-action film and television as well. After originally voicing Ursula in 1989's The Little Mermaid, she continued to play the role for decades – her last performance being an episode of The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse on Disney+ (opens in new tab) in 2020. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Pat Carroll's first credit was the 1948 film Hometown Girl, though the vast majority of her work in the late 20th century was on television.

Pat Carroll, a voiceover and onscreen actress, has died, PEOPLE can confirm. She was 95. The industry veteran, who won an Emmy and Grammy across her storied ...

"I got the whole attitude from him … his shoulders would twitch in a certain way, and his eyes would go a certain way … I got more about that character from Howard singing that song than from anything else." Born Patricia Ann Carroll on May 5, 1927, in Shreveport, Louisiana, the star moved to Los Angeles at age 5. Come on, I'm honest enough to say that," she said.

The comedy actor, who started out as a regular on variety shows and became a prolific voice actor, died at home on Saturday of pneumonia.

Critics singled out Carroll’s performance as particularly strong in the box office hit. She got her first voiceover work in 1966, for the animated television series The Super 6. Her big screen debut arrived in 1947, in the film Hometown Girl, but it was her presence on variety shows that made her name over the next three decades.

Pat Carroll, an Emmy-Award-winning screen, stage star and voice actress, has died. She was 95. Carroll's daughter, Kerry Karsian, confirmed to ET on Sunday ...

She also had notable roles in “The Danny Thomas Show”, “Laverne & Shirley” and “ER”, to name just a few. However, the celebrated comedian had a long and impressive career on stage and screen for decades. She gained early fame for her performances in numerous megahit variety TV shows such as “The Steve Allen Show”, “The Danny Kaye Show”, “The Carol Burnett Show” and several others.

Emmy-winning actress Pat Carroll has died aged 95. Best known as the voice of Ursula from Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' passed away at her home in Cape Cod, ...

Pat Carroll, the Emmy-winning actress best known as the voice of the villainous sea witch Ursula in Disney's "The Little Mermaid," has died at the age of ...

She also provided the vocals for the sea witches' signature song, "Poor Unfortunate Souls." In 1988, she voiced the role of Granny in the English version of the Japanese classic animation "My Neighbor Totoro." But it was her performance a year later as one of Disney's most memorable villains, in "The Little Mermaid," that catapulted her to international fame. Carroll landed her first voiceover gig in 1966, for the animated television series "The Super 6."

Her daughter Kerry Karsian, a casting agent, said Carroll died at her home in Cape Cod, Mass., on Saturday. Her other daughter Tara Karsian wrote on Instagram ...

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The Emmy- and Grammy-winning actress, who also voiced characters on “Garfield” and “Scooby-Doo,” died of pneumonia at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

“Then I noticed that I was not using contractions very much when I talked—there are no contractions at all in the first act of Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein.” Carroll is survived by her two daughters—Kerry and Tara Karsian, as well as her granddaughter, Evan. Carroll is best known for her voiceover work, which began with 1966’s animated TV series The Super 6. She also voiced Ursula’s similarly sinister sister Morgana for 2000’s sequel, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.

Emmy and Grammy winner Pat Carroll, famous for voicing Ursula in "The Little Mermaid," has died. She was 95.

On film, she appeared in a pair of Doris Day-starring films in the '60s, the English dub of "My Neighbor Totoro" in 1988 and both "Freedom Writers" and "Nancy Drew" in 2007. Her son Sean Karsian died in 2009. Of this, Tara Karsian wrote, "Truer words were never written and this is how we'll always remember her."

Actress and comedienne Pat Carroll passed away this weekend at 95 years old, concluding a life full of smiles and laughter. Pat Carroll is well-known for ...

But Carroll’s most indisputably memorable role would come later in the actress and comedienne’s life, after a spell of only playing maternal roles on television. Her role as one of the wicked stepsisters, Prunella, in the 1965 musical rendition of “Cinderella” was one of her most prominent stage roles. Carroll lost a bout with pneumonia on July 30, her daughter Kerry Karsian told the Hollywood Reporter, leaving behind a legacy on both stage and screen.

Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for “Caesar's Hour” and the voice Ursula in “The Little Mermaid,” has died.

So when we have a chance, theatrically, to see one and this one, she’s a biggie, it’s kind of fascinating for us.” She won an Emmy for her work on the sketch comedy series “Caesar’s Hour” in 1956, was a regular on “Make Room for Daddy” with Danny Thomas, a guest star on “The DuPont Show with June Allyson” and a variety show regular stopping by “The Danny Kaye Show,” “The Red Skelton Show” and “The Carol Burnett Show.” And her throaty rendition of “Poor Unfortunate Souls” would make her one of Disney’s most memorable villains. FILE - Actor Pat Carroll attends the Broadway opening of "The Little Mermaid," at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, in New York. Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for “Caesar’s Hour” and the voice Ursula in “The Little Mermaid,” died Saturday, July 30, 2022. Carroll would often say that Ursula was one of her favorite roles. A new generation would come to know and love her voice thanks to Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” which came out in 1989.