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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Carroll received a Tony Award nomination for the 1955 musical "Catch a Star," and her Emmy win came in 1957 for her sketch-comedy work on "Caesar's Hour."
Through her long and fruitful career, she brought laughter and joy to many people and left an unforgettable mark on the world of animation as one of the best Disney villains. In 1989, Pat Carroll voiced the scene-chewing, octopus-tentacled sea witch Ursula in "The Little Mermaid," opposite Jodi Benson (seen posing with her in front of the Ariel's Undersea Adventure attraction at Disney California Adventure in the top photo). The film served as a major turning point for Disney animation, kicking off what is now known as the Disney Renaissance period. Carroll was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1927; at an early age, she uprooted with her family to Los Angeles. After performing with stock companies and in nightclubs and army productions, the multitalented thespian and comedian began appearing off-Broadway and on television.
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."
Pat Carroll is being remembered for her laughter and rendition of Poor Unfortunate Souls in the 1989 classic The Little Mermaid.
"She's a mean old thing," Carroll said in an interview. However, she's best known for her role as Ursula in The Little Mermaid, with her throaty rendition of Poor Unfortunate Souls making her one of Disney's most memorable villains. The actor's other daughter, Kerry Karsian, said Carroll died at her home in Cape Cod, in the US state of Massachusetts on Saturday.
Carroll's daughter, Kerry Karsian, told the Hollywood Reporter that her mother died from pneumonia at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Saturday. Carroll's ...
She also provided the vocals for the sea witches’ signature song, “Poor Unfortunate Souls.” She later described the character of Ursula as one of her favorites and reprised the role in several “Little Mermaid” sequels, spinoffs, videogames and even theme park rides. Over the next seven decades, she went on to appear in TV shows including “The Danny Thomas Show,” “The Red Skelton Show,” “Busting Loose” and “ER,” and she also guest-starred on “The DuPont Show” with June Allyson.
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.
Legendary voice actress most famously known for her portrayal of Disney villain Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Pat Carroll, has died aged 95.
For someone who seemed so nice, she sure could bring a villain to life. What a memorable and distinct voice she had. But even at such an age, she still had the skill as two years ago on “The Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse” she still brought life to the sea witch. Devastated to report the passing of Pat Carroll, the voice of Ursula, one of Disney’s greatest villains at 95. This part especially is one of her best moments.pic.twitter.com/Gq6MJcHGC2 — Mat Brunet (AniMat) (@AniMat505)July 31, 2022
Tired of sitcoms and game shows, she reinvented herself in a one-woman show about Gertrude Stein — and, later, in a gender-bending Shakespeare role.
Although she spent most of her career on television (where her later work included appearances on “ER” and “Designing Women”) and the stage, Ms. Carroll also had some memorable roles on the big screen. That role, she once said, was “the one thing in my life that I’m probably most proud of.” “I don’t even care if, after I’m gone, the only thing that I’m associated with is Ursula,” she added. “I realized that what I was learning was not going to advance what I wished to do,” she said in 2011. Ms. Carroll won Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards in 1980 for the performance, and in 1981 her recording of the play won a Grammy Award in the “best spoken word” category. She was also seen frequently on sitcoms like “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and dramas like “Police Woman.” But a part she took in 1977, when she was 50, inspired her to change direction. In 1947, Ms. Carroll left Los Angeles for Plymouth, Mass., where she worked at the Priscilla Beach Theater and, she said, ate, drank and breathed the theater. “I always thought experience was the best preparation.” Ms. Carroll married Lee Karsian, a William Morris agent, in 1955. It was not the agents’ or directors’ or producers’ fault that the phone was not ringing. The sight is so eerie you grab onto your seat.” What they find instead is a Falstaff who could have stepped out of a formal painted portrait: a balding, aged knight with scattered tufts of silver hair and whiskers, an enormous belly, pink cheeks and squinting, froggy eyes that peer out through boozy mists.
The comedian and actor won Emmy, Drama Desk, and Grammy Awards in a career spanning more than seven decades.
But even at such an age, she still had the skill as two years ago on 'The Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse' she still brought life to the sea witch. The one & only Pat Carroll, who is probably best known for her absolutely ICONIC turn as Ursula in The Little Mermaid, has passed away. Pat Carroll gave us one of the most iconic voice acting roles ever, showcasing her talent on the god-tier villain song Poor Unfortunate Souls.