Pat Carroll died at his home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while recovering from pneumonia.
Voice actor and film actress Pat Carroll has passed away; news can confirm that. He is 95 years old.
The industry veteran, who has won Emmys and Grammys throughout his long career, died Saturday. An artist representative told the news in an emailed statement on Sunday.
“It is with great regret that we confirm the death of Mrs. Pat Carroll, who passed away peacefully at her home in the early hours of this morning with her best friend by her side,” the statement said.
Carroll’s daughter, Kerri Karsian, told The Hollywood Reporter that her mother died at her Cape Cod. Massachusetts home while recovering from pneumonia. Born Patricia Ann Carroll on May 5, 1927, in Shreveport, Louisiana, the star moved to Los Angeles at age 5. Years later, she helped as a civilian actress for the Army. Jobs that included writing, producing, and directing productions starring all soldiers.
In the following years, he played the character in various television series, including The Jimmy Durante Show. The Danny Thomas Show, Laverne and Shirley, and Emergency Service. But Carroll is best known for his behind-the-scenes role as the villainous Ursula in the animated film The Little Mermaid, a position he has played repeatedly in sequels, TV series, video games, and more.
“My lifelong goal is to make Disney movies,” he told writer Alan Neuwirth in Makin’ Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows also Movies. “So I’m the hook, the line, and the gum.”
But as THR puts it, it was a role she barely landed, as many other actresses from that period were considered before the studio agreed to play her.
Carroll insisted that he only copied composer Alan Ashman’s performance of “Poor Unfortunate Souls” for his audition.
“He gave me this achievement! But, come on, I’m honest enough to say it,” he said. “I get the whole attitude… his shoulders shrug in a certain way, and his eyes move in a certain direction… I get more of that character out of Howard singing that song than anything else.”