Pat Carroll, Emmy winner and voice of Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid', dies at 95

Pat Carroll won a Grammy in 1980 for the recording of her one woman show 'Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein'. Photo: AFP

Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for Caesar’s Hour and the voice Ursula in The Little Mermaid, has died. She was 95.

Her daughter Kerry Karsian, a casting agent, said Carroll died at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Saturday. Her other daughter Tara Karsian wrote on Instagram that they want everyone to “honour 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.”