Pat Carroll (born May 5, 1927, in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American Emmy Award winning actress.

As a somewhat heavy-set character actress, she has appeared in many TV programs beginning in the 1950s (playing Cindy Williams’ mother on Laverne and Shirley, for example) and stage productions, but is best known for her roles as the voice of Ursula in The Little Mermaid and the voice of Morgana, Ursula’s sister in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.