{"id":19549,"date":"2022-08-01T12:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T10:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1688686"},"modified":"2022-08-01T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:00:11","slug":"pat-carroll-voice-of-ursula-in-the-little-mermaid-dies-aged-95","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/pat-carroll-voice-of-ursula-in-the-little-mermaid-dies-aged-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Carroll, voice of Ursula in The Little Mermaid, dies aged 95"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 01 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Pat Carroll \u2013 who voiced Ursula in Disney\u2019s The Little Mermaid \u2013 has passed away aged 95.<\/p>\n

The sad news was reported by her daughter Kerry Karsian in The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, with the cause of death given as pneumonia.<\/p>\n

In a career spanning more than seven decades, Carroll was a revered comedian and actor who won\u00a0Emmy,\u00a0Drama Desk, and\u00a0Grammy Awards and was also nominated for a Tony.<\/p>\n

She made her screen debut in 1948 in the film Hometown Girl and became better known in the subsequent three decades for her performances on variety shows \u2013 including her Emmy Award-winning turn in the popular sketch comedy show Caesar\u2019s Hour.<\/p>\n

She also had an extensive career as a voiceover actor, with her first voice role coming in the animated television series The Super 6 in 1966 and future credits including Yogi\u2019s Treasure Hunt, Scooby-Doo, Garfield and Superman.<\/p>\n

Her one-woman show Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein was also very successful in this period, winning several major theatre awards before the recorded version won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama in 1980.<\/p>\n