Pat Carroll is an American actress, voice actress and comedian. She has garnered Emmy, Drama Desk and Grammy Awards, and is a Tony Award nominee. She is best known as the voice of Ursula in The Little Mermaid and The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea. Other film credits include BFFs, Nancy Drew, Freedom Writers, Outside Sales, Songcatcher, Just My Imagination and Rockhopper.

Television credits include Rebecca Chadwick on NBC's ER, Gussie Holt on CBS' She's the Sheriff, Bunny Halper on CBS'/ABC's Make Room for Daddy and her Emmy Award-winning performance on NBC's Caesar's Hour. 

Broadway credits include her debut as in Catch a Star! (Plymouth Theatre); Chorus of Mycenae in Electra (Ethel Barrymore Theatre); Mrs. Fisher in The Show Off (Criterion Center Stage); and Madeleine Bernard in Dancing in the End Zone (Ritz Theatre).