Pat Carroll, the original voice of Ursula in The Little Mermaid, dies at 95

Actress Pat Carroll, best known for lending her voice to the evil Ursula in the original film the little MermaidHe died Saturday at the age of 95 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, after suffering from pneumonia, his representative Derek McKee confirmed.

Born on May 5, 1927, in Shreveport, Louisiana, Carroll moved to Los Angeles at the age of five, and began working in show business at a very young age. During World War II, she joined the military to work as a writer, producer, and director of productions performed by soldiers. He started his first movie role in 1947 with the movie The girl’s hometown.

The actress was about to lend her ’60s voice to Jane Jetson Planes, but was eventually replaced by Penny Singleton. In 1965, she played Prunella, one of the sisters in the television production of Cinderella starring Leslie Ann Warren.

In the following years, she had a fruitful career as a voice actress, collaborating on animated films such as favour (1986) A puppy named Scooby-Doo (1988), or his participation in the little Mermaid (1989), in which he lent his voice to Ursula in one of his most famous works.