Pat Carroll

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Pat Carroll
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other names
  • Pat Ann Carroll
  • Patricia Carroll
Alma materCatholic University of America
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
Years active1947–2022
Spouse
Lee Karsian
​
​
(m. 1955; div. 1976)​
Children3, including
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

    • Patricia Ann Carroll (May 5, 1927 – July 30, 2022) was an American actress and comedian. She is best known for providing the voice of

    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

    Carroll began her acting career in 1947. She got her first acting credit as Lorelei Crawford in the 1948 film Hometown Girl.

    Make Room for Daddy .[5] She guest-starred in the drama anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson.[6] She co-starred in the 1965 television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella as "Prunella", one of the wicked stepsisters.[7] Carroll also appeared on many variety shows of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, such as The Steve Allen Show, The Danny Kaye Show, The Red Skelton Show, and The Carol Burnett Show
    .

    In the late 1970s, Carroll's successful one-woman show,

    Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama.[9]

    In early 1976, Carroll was cast as Lily, the mother of Shirley Feeney, on the hit ABC situation comedy, Laverne & Shirley, in the episode "Mother Knows Worst" .[10] She portrayed Pearl Markowitz, the mother of Adam Arkin's character Lenny Markowitz, in the 1977 CBS situation comedy Busting Loose.[citation needed] In 1978, she made a guest appearance on The Love Boat. Her television roles in the 1980s included newspaper owner Hope Stinson on the syndicated The Ted Knight Show (formerly Too Close for Comfort) during its final season in 1986, and Gussie Holt, the mother of Suzanne Somers's lead character in the syndicated sitcom She's the Sheriff (1987–1989).[citation needed]

    Starting in the late 1980s, Carroll took several voice-over roles for cartoons,

    Galaxy High, Foofur, and the film A Goofy Movie. On the series Pound Puppies, she had a regular role voicing Katrina Stoneheart. On two Garfield television specials (A Garfield Christmas and Garfield's Thanksgiving), she portrayed Jon's feisty grandmother. She also voiced the character of Granny in the 2005 re-release of Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro
    .

    In 1989, Carroll portrayed the sea witch Ursula in Disney's

    Disney theme parks attractions and shows,[citation needed] as well as voicing Ursula's crazy sister Morgana in the direct-to-video sequel The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.[1]

    Carroll also appeared on a variety of game shows including

    The $10,000 Pyramid.[1]

    A member of

    Sir John Falstaff, a balding knight with whiskers.[15]

    When drama critic Frank Rich of The New York Times reviewed her performance in "Merry Wives", he wrote, "Her performance is a triumph from start to finish, and, I think, a particularly brave and moving one, with implications that go beyond this one production. Ms. Carroll and Mr. Kahn help revivify the argument that the right actresses can perform some of the great classic roles traditionally denied to women and make them their own. It's not a new argument, to be sure; female Hamlets stretch back into history. But what separates Ms. Carroll's Falstaff from some other similar casting experiments of late is that her performance exists to investigate a character rather than merely as ideological window dressing for a gimmicky production."[15]

    Personal life

    Carroll married Lee Karsian in 1955 and they had three children, including actress Tara Karsian. The marriage ended in a divorce in 1976.[3] In 1991, Carroll received an honorary doctorate from Siena College in Albany, New York.[16]

    Hanna-Barbera lawsuit

    In 1963, Carroll filed a $12,000 lawsuit against

    Make Room for Daddy.[19][20] The case had been closed by early 1965.[21] Carroll stated in an interview in 2013 that the court had ruled in favor of Hanna-Barbera.[17]

    Death

    Carroll died of pneumonia at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on July 30, 2022, at the age of 95.[22][23][4]

    Filmography

    Film

    Year Title Role Notes
    1948 Hometown Girl Lorelei Crawford Film debut[4]
    1951 Up Front Italian Girl Uncredited
    1968 With Six You Get Eggroll Maxine Scott [24]
    1973 The Brothers O'Toole Callie Burdyne [25]
    1984 Racing with the Moon Mrs. Spangler
    1988 My Neighbor Totoro Granny Voice, Disney English dub
    1989 The Little Mermaid Ursula Voice
    2000 Songcatcher Viney Butler
    The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea Morgana Voice; direct-to-video
    2001 Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse Ursula
    2002 Mickey's House of Villains
    2005 Once Upon a Halloween Performer of "Sidekicks and Henchmen"
    2007 Freedom Writers Miep Gies
    Nancy Drew Landlady
    2014 BFFs Joan
    2023 Once Upon a Studio Ursula Voice (archival recordings)

    Television

    Theme parks

    Stage

    Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref.
    1955 Catch a Star! performer Broadway debut

    Tony Award nomination

    		[27][28]
    1973 Anything Goes Reno Sweeney [29]
    1975 Something's Afoot [30]
    1979 Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Drama Desk Award [31][32]
    1984 Dancing in the End Zone Madeleine Bernard [33][34]
    1986 Romeo and Juliet Nurse [35]
    1989 Cinderella Fairy Godmother [36]
    1990 The Merry Wives of Windsor Falstaff [37]
    1992 The Show-Off Mrs. Fisher [38][39]
    1993 Mother Courage and Her Children Mother Courage [40]
    1996 Volpone Volpone [41]
    1998 Grace and Glorie Grace [42]
    Electra Chorus of Mycenae [43][44]
    2000 Thoroughly Modern Millie Mrs. Meers Pre-Broadway production [45][46]
    2002 Our Town The Stage Manager [47]

    References

    Notes

    1. ^ a b c Koseluk, Chris (July 31, 2022). "Pat Carroll, Emmy-Winning Actress and Voice of Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid,' Dies at 95". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
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    3. ^ a b "Pat Carroll". Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Boston University. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
    4. ^ a b c d Brathwaite, Lester Fabian (July 31, 2022). "Pat Carroll, voice of Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid', has died at age 95". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
    5. ^ a b c d e f Keenan, Dorothy (December 10, 1989). "After 40 Years Pat Carroll Still Finds Challenges". The Buffalo News. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
    6. ^ "The Dupont Show with June Allyson, Full Cast Credits". IMDb.
    7. ^ Full Cast Credits. IMDb.
    8. ^ Casselberry Manuel, Diane (January 8, 1981). "Pat Carroll; Gertrude Stein was never a bore". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
    9. ^ "1980 Best Spoken Word, Documentary Or Drama". The Recording Academy. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
    10. ^ a b c Hill, Jim (June 14, 2007). "Why (For) Pat Carroll wasn't actually Disney's first choice to voice Ursula in "The Little Mermaid"". JimHillMedia. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
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    12. ^ a b Feldman, Kate (November 17, 2020). "EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Special cameos from historic characters appear in new Mickey Mouse shorts at Disney+". New York Daily News. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
    13. ^ Simonson, Robert; David Lefkowitz (September 4, 1998). "Stephen Spinella Joins Claire Bloom & Pat Carroll in NJ Electra Sept. 15". Playbill. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
    14. ^ "A Conversation With Pat Carroll at the High Falls Film Festival, May 14, 2009". The Film Panel Notetaker. May 21, 2009. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
    15. ^ a b Rich, Frank (May 30, 1990). "Review/Theater; Pat Carroll as Falstaff in 'Merry Wives' at Folger". The New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
    16. ^ "Honorary Degrees – Past Recipients". Siena College. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
    17. ^ a b c Nesteroff, Kliph (October 26, 2013). "An Interview with Pat Carroll – Part Two". Classic Television Showbiz. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
    18. ^ Yowp (January 27, 2010). "Meet George Jetson — The Other One". Yowp: Stuff About Early Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
    19. ^ The Evening Sentinel, June 1, 1962, Morey Amsterdam and Pat Carroll have been forced off as "voice" stars of ABC's new animated "The Jetsons" cartoon series. Too many sponsor conflicts, what with Morey being a regular on the Dick Van Dyke Show and Pat likewise on the Danny Thomas Show.
    20. ^ Oviatt, Ray (December 14, 1964). "Pat Carroll Guest of Danny Kaye". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Google News.
    21. ^ "Suit Thrown Out". Shreveport Journal. January 29, 1965. p. 10C. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
    22. ^ Haring, Bruce (July 31, 2022). "Pat Carroll Dies: Veteran Actress Of Stage, TV, Film And Voice Of Ursula In 'The Little Mermaid' Was 95". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
    23. ^ McGinty, Jo Craven (July 31, 2022). "Pat Carroll, TV Mainstay Turned Stage Star, Dies at 95". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
    24. ^ "With Six You Get Eggroll - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
    25. ^ "The Brothers O'Toole - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
    26. ^ "AFI|Catalog".
    27. ^ "SEASON'S STARTER IS 'CATCH A STAR!'; Revue With Pat Carroll and David Burns Will Open Tonight at Plymouth". The New York Times. September 6, 1955. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
    28. ^ "Catch a Star! – Broadway Musical – Original". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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    31. ^ "Pat Carroll – Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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    34. ^ "Dancing in the End Zone – Broadway Play – Original". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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    36. ^ Slate, Libby (August 2, 1989). "Greg Louganis Plunges Into Light Opera : Olympic Diver Plays Prince in 'Cinderella'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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    38. ^ "The Show Off – Broadway Play – 1992 Revival". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
    39. ^ Gerard, Jeremy (November 13, 1992). "The Show-Off". Variety. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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    44. ^ "Electra – Broadway Play – 1998 Revival". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
    45. ^ Phillips, Michael (October 24, 2000). "'Millie,' Thoroughly Close". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
    46. ^ Ehren, Christine (November 28, 2000). "Harriet Harris Joins Millie for Final Week in La Jolla". Playbill. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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