Actor and comedian Pat Carroll has passed away — she is most remembered by her work on variety shows and as one of Disney's most memorable characters, Ursula.
“It is with a heavy heart that I write that my mother, Pat Carroll, has passed away at the grand old age of 95,” one of Carroll’s daughters, Tara Karsian captioned a memeified photo of her mother on Instagram. “We ask that you honor her by having a raucous laugh at absolutely anything today 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.
“Someone sent me this meme a while ago. Truer words were never written and this is how we'll always remember her. ❤️” Carroll’s laugh is what made Ursula, the sea witch that takes Ariel’s voice in exchange for legs, so iconic. "She is physically bigger than life, but she's bigger than life in her head, in her voice, in her laughter, and in her meanness," shewhile adding a signed sketch of her character at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort. "She's a mean ol' thing. I think people are fascinated by mean characters ... I'm even intrigued by her when I look at it.
Before she became an icon to every child of the 90s by playing a purple half-octopus and one of Disney’s most memorable villains, Carroll was an Emmy-award-winning actor and comedian who was a mainstay on television series and variety shows like
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