Pat Carroll (actress)
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Carroll in 1972
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Patricia Ann Carroll May 5, 1927 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Other names | Patricia Ann Carroll Pat Ann Carroll Patricia Carroll |
| Occupation | Actress, voice actress, comedian |
| Years active | 1947–present |
| Notable work | Voice of Ursula the Sea Witch in Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989) |
| Television | Make Room for Daddy, Laverne & Shirley, ER |
| Spouse(s) | Lee Karsian (m. 1955–1976) |
| Children | 3; including Tara Karsian |
| Parent(s) | Maurice Clifton Carroll (father) Kathryn Angela Meagher (mother) |
Patricia Ann "Pat" Carroll (born May 5, 1927) is an American actress, voice actress and comedian known for voicing Ursula in The Little Mermaid as well as having a long acting career, including appearances in CBS's Make Room for Daddy, ABC's Laverne & Shirley, NBC's ER, other guest-starring and series-regular roles on American television as well as voice-acting in several cartoon series. Carroll is an Emmy, Drama Desk and Grammy Award winner and a Tony Award nominee.
Carroll was born Patricia Ann Carroll in Shreveport, Louisiana, on May 5, 1927, to Maurice Clifton Carroll and Kathryn Angela (née Meagher) Her family moved to Los Angeles when Pat was five years old. 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.
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 from 1961 to 1964. She guest starred in the drama anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. Carroll also appeared on many variety shows of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, 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 wicked stepsisters in the 1965 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical version of Cinderella.
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