Patricia Ann “Pat” Carroll is an American actress. She performed in numerous stage productions, and portrayed the roles of "Bunny Halper" on CBS's The Danny Thomas Show, Shirley Feeney's mother on ABC's Laverne and Shirley, and is the voice of the villainous Ursula in The Little Mermaid film series. She was also known for participating on TV game shows. Later acting roles include appearances in three episodes of ER in which she played a bag lady and as Miep Gies in the film Freedom Writers. Carroll supplied the voice of Katrina Stoneheart in Hanna-Barbera's Pound Puppies TV... series. Carroll was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Kathryn Angela and Maurice Clifton Carroll. Her family moved to Los Angeles when Pat was five years old. She graduated from Immaculate Heart High School, an all-girls Catholic school, in Hollywood. For college she attended Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles and Catholic University of America. 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. She guest starred in the drama anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson.
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