October 7, 2024

Voice actor of Ursula Pat Carroll Passed Away of Old Age.

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Voice actor of Ursula Pat Carroll Passed Away of Old Age.

By: Charlotte Dong

Pat Carrol, most famous for her role-playing Ursula in the Disney film “The Little Mermaid,” died on Saturday at 95 due to pneumonia at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Apart from her infamous voicing in “The Little Mermaid,” she starred in many other movies and TV shows.

In the 1950s, she worked in Sid Caesar’s variety show, “Caesar’s Hour.”

In the ’60s, she starred as Bunny Halper in “The Danny Thomas show.”

In the late ’80s, Carrol played Gussie Holt in the TV series “She’s the Sheriff.”

Carroll also appeared in a 1971 episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” as a hospital roommate and in a 1976 episode of “Laverne & Shirley.”

In 1988, she also voiced the Granny in the English dub of the Ghibli film “My Neighbor Totoro” and Miep Gies in “Freedom Writers.”

In 2007, she played the Landlady in “Nancy Drew.”

Carroll has also earned numerous awards for the shows and movies she starred in. Carrol has earned an Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, and a Tony Award Nomination.

Carroll was married to Lee Karsian and had three children: two daughters named Kerry and Tara Karsian and one son named Sean Karisian, who died in 2009.

Her daughters Tara and Kerry Karison made a heartfelt statement in remembrance of their beloved mother. “We ask that you honor her by having a raucous laugh at absolutely anything today (and every day forward) because besides her brilliant talent and love, she leaves my sister Kery and I with the greatest gift of all, imbuing us with humor and the ability to laugh…even in the saddest times.”

Carroll has left an unforgettable legacy. She will continue living in the hearts of her fans and loved ones.

Source: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/mermaid-star-pat-carroll-voice-ursula-dies-95-87743461

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