How old was pat carroll when she voiced ursula
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Disney Legends - Pat Carroll
When speaking about what it takes to be a real Disney legend, I often think about the impact the person has made on people of multiple generations. The legacy they carry with them, even after death. When thinking about the Disney villain franchise and the incredible actors and actresses who are a part of it, there’s one legend among all of them that fans from all around the world can commend. Pat Carroll, best known as the voice of Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989), was a force - and a tragic loss in 2022. Let’s take a look at Pat’s life and accomplishments.
Pat Carroll was born in May 1927 in Shreveport, Louisiana. At the age of 5, Pat and her family moved to Los Angeles, where she would stay all throughout childhood, high school, and university. During her time in LA, she showed interest in stage productions, with her eccentric personality and passion for entertaining. She was quickly thrust into repertory theatre, or stock theatre, where her and a troupe would learn and perform a new show every 1-2 weeks, performing up to 8 times a week. S
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Pat Carroll
American actress and comedian (1927–2022)
For other people named Pat Carroll, see Pat Carroll (disambiguation).
Patricia Ann Carroll (May 5, 1927 – July 30, 2022) was an American actress and comedian. She is best known for providing the voice of Ursula in The Little Mermaid.[1] She made guest appearances in many popular television series including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Laverne & Shirley, and ER; she also had a regular role on The Danny Thomas Show as Bunny Halper. Carroll was an Emmy, Drama Desk, and Grammy Award winner, as well as a Tony Award nominee.
Early life
Carroll was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on May 5, 1927, to Maurice Clifton Carroll (d. 1963) and Kathryn Angela (née Meagher).[2] Carroll's family moved to Los Angeles when she was five years old, and she soon began acting in local productions. She graduated from Immaculate Heart High School and attended Catholic University of America after enlisting in the United States Army as a civilian actress technician.[3]
Career
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Pat Carroll (born May 5, 1927, in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American Emmy Award winning actress.
As a somewhat heavy-set character actress, she has appeared in many TV programs beginning in the 1950s (playing Cindy Williams' mother on Laverne and Shirley, for example) and stage productions, but is best known for her roles as the voice of Ursula in The Little Mermaid and the voice of Morgana, Ursula's sister in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.
In 1956 Carroll won an Emmy Award for her work on Caesar's Hour and was a regular on the sitcom Make Room for Daddy. She appeared on many variety shows of the 1950s and 1960s, such as The Red Buttons Show, The Danny Kaye Show, The Red Skelton Show, and The Carol Burnett Show. In 1965, she co-starred as Prunella, one of the stepsisters in the Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella television special starring Lesley Ann Warren.
Carroll scored a personal and artistic success in the late 1970's with her one woman show on Gertrude Stein titled Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein winning several ma
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