Posted on 07/31/2022 8:09:43 PM PDT by Morgana
Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for Caesar's Hour and the voice Ursula in The Little Mermaid has died at the age of 95.
Her daughter Kerry Karsian, a casting agent, said Carroll died at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Saturday, while EW reported she passed away while recovering from pneumonia.
Her other daughter Tara Karsian wrote on Instagram that they want everyone to 'honor her by having a raucous laugh at absolutely anything today (and everyday forward) because besides her brilliant talent and love, she leaves my sister Kerry and I with the greatest gift of all, imbuing us with humor and the ability to laugh...even in the saddest of times.'
Carroll was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1927. Her family relocated to Los Angeles when she was 5 years old.
Her first film role came in 1948 in Hometown Girl but she found her stride in television. She won an Emmy for her work on the sketch comedy series Caesar's Hour in 1956, was a regular on Make Room for Daddy with Danny Thomas, a guest star on The DuPont Show with June Allyson and a variety show regular stopping by The Danny Kaye Show, The Red Skelton Show and The Carol Burnett Show.
She also played one of the wicked stepsisters in the 1965 television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella with Lesley Ann Warren.
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Her voice was so perfect for Ursula. RIP
My wonderful Mother-in-law will be 95 in two days. Last week I bought a Happy Birthday card with 95 on it.
I certainly hope Soros don’t make it to 95. He’s getting closer.......
I think she played Shirley’s mother on “Laverne and Shirley”
on one or two episodes.
One of those people I thought had passed long ago. I remember her from the Danny Thomas show as a kid, and many things thereafter. According to Wikipedia, she was a lifelong republican. RIP.
Pat Carroll was thought to have been seen in a ‘recent’ tv ad
for Car Shield or the replacement of damaged windshield ads. The woman seen appeared as a much younger Pat, but the resemblance was certainly there. At that time, began to ‘look
up’ Carroll’s recent history (dead, alive? recent pics)
Stood aside Betty White, Ernie Kovacs in the eyes of early Tee
Vee viewers.
RIP, ma’am.
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