In Disney's The Little Mermaid, Pat Carroll provides the English voice of the villain Ursula.
Carroll's performance gives Ursula a theatrical, comic, and menacing personality. Ursula is a sea witch who offers Ariel a chance to become human, but the bargain requires Ariel to surrender her voice and accept dangerous conditions.
The character was inspired in part by the flamboyant style of drag performer Divine, although Ursula is an original Disney character rather than a direct adaptation of a real person. Her design and performance helped make her one of Disney animation's most recognizable villains.
Pat Carroll was an American actress with extensive work in television, theater, and voice acting. The song “Poor Unfortunate Souls” is Ursula's major musical number. A frequent mix-up is naming the performer who voiced Ursula in another language; this answer refers specifically to the original English-language release.