The iconic villain also had a long career as an actor and comedian
After a year of struggles from Disney to try and find the right voice for the villain of Ron Clements and John Musker’s, Carroll was brought in to voice Ursula the sea witch and imbued the character with—as she had described it over the years—the energy of a Shakespearean actor crossed with a car salesman . Ursula’s song, “Poor Unfortunate Souls,” was the first musical number performed by a female Disney villain.
As is often the case with voice actors from the period known as the Disney Renaissance, Carroll returned to other Disney projects to play Ursula in TV appearances and sequels and spin-offs as recently as in a 2020Kingdom Hearts
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