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Best known as Miss Yvonne from various Pee-wee Herman productions, including Pee-wee’s Playhouse, she also played Shirley Feeney in Laverne & Shirley in the Army; Jessica Morganberry in Superman (1988); Violet in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series; Mona Lisa in an episode of The Tick (1994); and Kitty Grunewald in Life with Louie. She also provided voices for The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
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He played Chef Pierre Goulash/Mr. Gordon in an episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, as well as provided additional voices to other episodes; Magneto in Pryde of the X-Men; Lugg Brother #1 in three episodes of The Pirates of Dark Water; General Massey in “Liberty and the Littles” and Monostatos in “The Magic Flute” episodes of ABC Weekend Specials; Rhino in three episodes of Batman: The Animated Series; Zeus in an episode of Animaniacs; Kilrathi Commander in an episode of Wing Commander Academy; Principal Blumford on California Dreams; the President in an episode of The Mask: The Animated Series; Santa Claus and Earth in episodes of Pinky and the Brain; the Red Skull (2nd voice) and the Beyonder in Spider-Man: The Animated Series; Vice President Obsequious in an episode of The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries; Nick (aka Santa) in an episode of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command; and an Event Judge in an episode of The Zeta Project. He also provided voices for The Addams Family (1992), Skeleton Warriors and What-A-Mess.
PAT CARROLL
(May 5, 1927-July 30, 2022)
Notable Roles: Bunny Halper, Rita Simon, Pearl Markowitz, Ms. Biddy McBrain, Mrs. Hope
Stinson, Hazel, Katrina Stoneheart, Grandma Arbuckle, Queen Hippolyta, Gussie
Holt, Paula P. Casso, Ursula, Morgana, Old Lady Crowley
Patricia Ann Carroll’s career began in 1947 when
she landed the role of Lorelei Crawford in the film Hometown Girl. She made her television debut in 1952 on The Red Buttons Show followed by her Broadway debut in 1955 in Catch
a Star!; the latter of
which landed her a Tony Award
nomination. Along with appearing on a number of variety and game shows from the
1950s through the 1970s, she had a regular stint on the sitcom Make
Room for Daddy as Bunny Halper,
Getting Together as Rita Simon, Pearl Markowitz on Busting Loose, Mrs. Hope Stinson on the finale season of Too Close For Comfort and Gussie Holt on She’s the Sheriff; all while still appearing on stage and in film. In
1963, Carroll sued Hanna-Barbera
for breach
of contract after she was cast as Jane Jetson in The
Jetsons and was
replaced after only recording a single episode of the 24 that were guaranteed.
Her voice acting debut instead game in 1966 as she provided some in The Super 6. In the late 1980s she returned to voice acting as teacher
Ms. Biddy McBrain in Galaxy
High School, dog Hazel in Foofur, and antagonistic dog pound owner Katrina Stoneheart
in Pound
Puppies. She also played
the feisty grandmother of Jon Arbuckle (Thom Huge) in two Garfield
holiday specials. She landed the role of sea witch
Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid; a role she would continue to inhabit in the
majority of the character’s English-language appearances until 2020 (excluding
live-action adaptations in Once Upon a Time, Descendants 2 and The Little Mermaid Live!). Carroll died of pneumonia in 2022 at the age of
95.
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Best known as the permanent voice of sea-witch Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid franchise and House of Mouse, she was also Katrina Stoneheart in Pound Puppies (1986); Ms. Biddy McBrain in Galaxy High School; Hazel in Foofur; Queen Hippolyta in Superman (1988); Paula P. Casso in an episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo; and Old Lady Crowley in Tangled: The Series. She also provided additional voices in Yogi’s Treasure Hunt.
