---
name: "Pat Carroll"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pat-carroll"
fi1m_id: "pat-carroll"
imdb_id: "nm0140946"
tmdb_id: 35232
wikidata_id: "Q1264306"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 May 1927"
died: "30 July 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T02:05:26.267755+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Pat Carroll

## Identity

Pat Carroll

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pat-carroll
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pat-carroll
- **IMDb ID:** nm0140946
- **TMDB ID:** 35232
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1264306
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Carroll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1264306, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140946/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35232

Actor. Born 5 May 1927 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. Died 30 July 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 May 1927, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
- **Died:** 30 July 2022
- **Active:** 1970–1989
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (1), 1980s 80 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Carroll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1264306, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140946/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35232

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Little Mermaid*](https://film.one/film/the-little-mermaid-1989.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Pat Carroll (1927–2022) was an American actress and comedian. She began her career in the late 1940s with stage and early television work, making her Broadway debut in the 1955 revue *Catch a Star!*, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. She appeared regularly on *The Danny Thomas Show* and won a Primetime Emmy Award for her work on *Caesar's Hour*.

Carroll later took on numerous voice roles and guest appearances, including on *Laverne & Shirley* and *ER*. She is best known for voicing the sea witch Ursula in Disney's *The Little Mermaid* (1989) and its related media, as well as Morgana in *The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea* (2000). She also received a Drama Desk Award and a Grammy Award for her one-woman stage performance as Gertrude Stein.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Little Mermaid* (1989), Fi1m 80, as Ursula (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-mermaid-1989.md)
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), Fi1m 88, as Loretta Kuhne — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Old Woman in Car (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), as Ursula (voice) (archive sound)
- *The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse* (2020), series, as Ursula (voice)
- *The Little Mermaid Live!* (2019), as Ursula (archive footage) (voice)
- *Drawing Home* (2017), Actor
- *Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure* (2017), series, as Old Lady Crawley (voice), Old Lady Crowley (voice)
- *BFFs* (2014), as Joan
- *Troupers* (2011), Actor
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), as Old Woman in Car (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures* (2010), as Old Female Turtle (voice)
- *Waking Sleeping Beauty* (2009), as Ursula (voice) (archive footage)
- *Nancy Drew* (2007), as Landlady
- *Freedom Writers* (2007), as Miep Gies
- *Outside Sales* (2006), as Mrs. Poole
- *Once Upon a Halloween* (2005), as Ursula (voice) (archive sound)
- *Garfield Holiday Celebrations* (2004), as Grandma (voice)
- *Mickey's House of Villains* (2002), as Ursula (voice)
- *Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse* (2001), as Ursula (voice)
- *Songcatcher* (2001), as Viney Butler
- *Disney's House of Mouse* (2001), series, as Ursula (voice)
- *The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea* (2000), as Morgana (voice)
- *The Royale* (1996), as Mildred Wak
- *A Goofy Movie* (1995), as Additional Voices (voice)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Rebecca Chadwick — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Just My Imagination* (1992), as Peggy
- *The Little Mermaid* (1992), series, as Ursula (voice)
- *Garfield's Thanksgiving* (1989), as Grandma (voice)
- *The Little Mermaid* (1989), as Ursula (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-mermaid-1989.md)
- *A Pup Named Scooby-Doo* (1988), series, as Paula P. Casso (voice)
- *A Garfield Christmas* (1987), as Grandma (voice)
- *She's the Sheriff* (1987), series, as Gussie Holt
- *Designing Women* (1986), series, as Mrs. Beecham
- *Pound Puppies* (1986), series, as Katrina Stoneheart (voice)
- *Galaxy High School* (1986), series, Actor
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Martha
- *Crazy Dan* (1984), series, as Wednesday
- *Too Close for Comfort* (1980), series, as Hope Stinson
- *Tropic of Desire* (1979), as Tangerine
- *Legends of the Super Heroes* (1979), as Hawkman's Mother
- *Flying High* (1978), series, Actor
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Muriel
- *Busting Loose* (1977), series, Actor
- *Good Heavens* (1976), series, Actor
- *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, Actor
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, as Miriam Stein
- *Calucci's Department* (1973), series, Actor
- *Brothers O'Toole* (1973), as Callie Burdyne
- *Police Story* (1973), series, as Mrs. Bannister
- *Second Chance* (1972), as Gloria Petryk
- *Getting Together* (1971), series, Actor
- *Make Room for Granddaddy* (1970), series, Actor
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), series, as Loretta Kuhne — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Birdie, Jean
- *With Six You Get Eggroll* (1968), as Maxine Scott
- *Please Don't Eat the Daisies* (1965), series, as Miss Lawson
- *Cinderella* (1965), as Prunella
- *The Investigators* (1961), series, as Blossom
- *My Three Sons* (1960), series, as Cleo Mortensen
- *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Cherry
- *Meet Mother Magoo* (1956), as Mother Magoo (voice)(uncredited)
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor
- *Hey Mulligan* (1954), series, as Bobo
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Frances Dowd
- *The Jackie Gleason Show* (1952), series, Actor
- *Hometown Girl* (1948), as Lorelei Crawford
- *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Scanned from an issue of The Chronicle, the student newspaper of Duke University (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/364022/gallery-106d7a9714b6.jpg) Scanned from an issue of The Chronicle, the student newspaper of Duke University (2014) — The Chronicle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Duke_Chronicle_1980-11-11_page_12.jpg/1280px-Duke_Chronicle_1980-11-11_page_12.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Marjorie Lord (Kathy Williams) and Pat Carroll (Bunny Halper) from the television program The Danny Thomas Show. (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/364022/gallery-8abca89ba17f.jpg) Photo of Marjorie Lord (Kathy Williams) and Pat Carroll (Bunny Halper) from the television program The Danny Thomas Show. (1965) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Marjorie_Lord_Pat_Carroll_Danny_Thomas_Show_1965.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Pat Carroll](https://film.one/media/person/364022/gallery-1dab4af1f56b.jpg) Pat Carroll — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Pat_Carroll_1972.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) publicity photo of Pat Carroll](https://film.one/media/person/364022/gallery-26b21f1f164b.jpg) With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) publicity photo of Pat Carroll — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/With_Six_You_Get_Eggroll_%281968%29_publicity_photo_of_Pat_Carroll.jpg/1280px-With_Six_You_Get_Eggroll_%281968%29_publicity_photo_of_Pat_Carroll.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Pat Carroll](https://film.one/media/person/364022/gallery-30a0eda6b596.jpg) Pat Carroll — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1957: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Caesar's Hour*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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