Patricia Ann Carroll (born May 5, 1927) is an American actress and
singer. She is known for voicing Ursula in The Little Mermaid as well
as having a long acting career, including appearances in CBS's The
Danny Thomas Show, ABC's Laverne & Shirley, NBC's ER, other
guest-starring and series-regular roles on American television as well
as voice-acting in several cartoon series. Carroll is an Emmy, Drama
Desk and Grammy Award winner and a Tony Award nominee.Carroll was born
in Shreveport, Louisiana, on May 5, 1927, to Maurice Clifton Carroll
and Kathryn Angela (née Meagher) Her family moved to Los Angeles when
Pat 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.In 1956, Carroll won an Emmy Award for her
work on Caesar's Hour and was a regular on the sitcom Make Room for
Daddy from 1961 to 1964. She guest starred in the drama anthology
series The DuPont Show with June Allyson. Carroll also appeared on
many variety shows of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, such as The Red
Buttons Show, The Danny Kaye Show, The Red Skelton Show, and The Carol
Burnett Show. In 1965 she co-starred as "Prunella", one of the wicked
stepsisters in the 1965 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's
musical version of Cinderella.In the late 1970s Carroll's successful
one woman show on Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein,
Gertrude Stein (by playwright Marty Martin), won several major theater
awards; her recorded version won a 1980 Grammy Award for Best Spoken
Word, Documentary or Drama.
singer. She is known for voicing Ursula in The Little Mermaid as well
as having a long acting career, including appearances in CBS's The
Danny Thomas Show, ABC's Laverne & Shirley, NBC's ER, other
guest-starring and series-regular roles on American television as well
as voice-acting in several cartoon series. Carroll is an Emmy, Drama
Desk and Grammy Award winner and a Tony Award nominee.Carroll was born
in Shreveport, Louisiana, on May 5, 1927, to Maurice Clifton Carroll
and Kathryn Angela (née Meagher) Her family moved to Los Angeles when
Pat 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.In 1956, Carroll won an Emmy Award for her
work on Caesar's Hour and was a regular on the sitcom Make Room for
Daddy from 1961 to 1964. She guest starred in the drama anthology
series The DuPont Show with June Allyson. Carroll also appeared on
many variety shows of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, such as The Red
Buttons Show, The Danny Kaye Show, The Red Skelton Show, and The Carol
Burnett Show. In 1965 she co-starred as "Prunella", one of the wicked
stepsisters in the 1965 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's
musical version of Cinderella.In the late 1970s Carroll's successful
one woman show on Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein,
Gertrude Stein (by playwright Marty Martin), won several major theater
awards; her recorded version won a 1980 Grammy Award for Best Spoken
Word, Documentary or Drama.
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