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Pat Carroll, a voiceover and onscreen actress, has died, PEOPLE can confirm. She was 95.
The industry veteran, who won an Emmy and Grammy across her storied career, died Saturday, a representative for the performer told PEOPLE in an email statement on Sunday.
Carroll’s daughter, Kerry Karsian, toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat her mother died at home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while recovering from pneumonia.
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Born Patricia Ann Carroll on May 5, 1927, in Shreveport, Louisiana, the star moved to Los Angeles at age 5. Years later, she served as a civilian actress technician for the army — a job that entailed writing, producing and directing all-soldier productions.
In the years to follow, she then played characters across various television series, including theJimmy Durante Show,The Danny Thomas Show,Laverne & ShirleyandER.
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But, asTHRsaid, it was a role she almost didn’t get, as many other actresses of the era were considered before the studio agreed to cast her.
Carroll insisted all she did was copy composer Alan Ashman’s performance of “Poor Unfortunate Souls” for her audition.
“He gave me that performance! Come on, I’m honest enough to say that,” she said. “I got the whole attitude from him … his shoulders would twitch in a certain way, and his eyes would go a certain way … I got more about that character from Howard singing that song than from anything else.”
Carroll then spent a long career in Hollywood, winning a Primetime Emmy for best supporting actress inCaesar’s Hour, a Drama Desk for her onstage portrayal of Gertrude Stein and a Grammy for the spoken word version of the play.
She was married to Lee Karsian from 1955 to 1976, before they divorced. The couple had three children together: daughters Tara and Kerry, as well as their late son Sean.
source: people.com
