pat carroll did the voice of ursula in the movie the little mermaid.
pat carroll did the voice of ursula in the movie the little mermaid.
who does the voice of ursula in the movie the little mermaid?
pat carroll
ursula is a fictional character who appears in walt disney pictures' 28th animated feature film "the little mermaid" (1989). voiced by american actress pat carroll, ursula is a villainous sea witch who offers a mermaid princess named ariel in exchange to trade her voice for a pair of human legs, at first appearing to be providing the character with an opportunity to become human by temporarily transforming her into one so that she may earn the love of prince eric within three days. however, ursula is, in fact, determined to sabotage ariel's chances at any expense so that she can ultimately replace the mermaid's father king triton as ruler over atlantica.
ursula (the little mermaid)
ursula debuted in "the little mermaid" (1989) as a sea witch who is scheming to take advantage of the ambitions of king triton's youngest daughter princess ariel in order to usurp the throne and turning merpeople into polyps for her garden. when ariel saves and falls in love with a human named prince eric much to her father's chagrin, ursula temporarily grants ariel's wish to live as a human for three days in return for her voice. if she successfully earns a kiss from eric by the end of the third day, ariel will remain human permanently; if she fails, she will turn back into a mermaid and belong to ursula forever. however, ursula is determined to sabotage ariel's and eric's budding romance at any cost; when she realizes that ariel and eric are falling in love, ursula transforms herself into a beautiful young woman named "vanessa" and hypnotizes eric, tricking him into agreeing to marry her instead. ariel manages to thwart ursula and eric's wedding. eric realizes that it was ariel who saved him when her voice returns to her and is about to kiss her, but as the sun sets ariel transforms back into a mermaid and is captured by ursula. triton confronts ursula and agrees to give up himself and his magical trident in return for ariel's freedom. ursula then uses the trident to expand into monstrous proportions and attempts to kill ariel and eric, but eric manages to impale ursula with the splintered bowsprit of a wrecked ship, and she dies. with ursula defeated, her power's cease, the merpeople turn back to normal, triton's power is restored, and ariel marries eric once she is permanently transformed into a human.
ursula (the little mermaid)