Pat Carroll and Lee Karsian were the parents of Tara Karsian.

Tara’s mother Pat Carroll was an American actress and comedian.

She was born May 5, 1927 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States to Kathryn Angela Meagher and Maurice Clifton Carroll.

Pat Carroll graduated from Hollywood’s Immaculate Heart High School. She then graduated from Immaculate College in Los Angeles and Catholic University of America.

Following her college graduation, she began performing comedy in nightclubs and gained early experience with appearances in resort areas. Her stage debut in 1947 with a role in “The Goose and the Gander”.

Pat Carroll became a voice-over favorite on several animated programs, notably for Disney as the sea witch Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989) and other voices in A Goofy Movie (1995).  Some elderly film work includes Outside Sales (2006), Freedom Writers (2007), Nancy Drew (2007), Bridesmaids (2011) and BFFs (2014).

More recently she guested on the drama series ER (1994) and provided the voice of Old Lady Crowley in the Disney TV animated series Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure (2017).

Carroll was an Emmy, Drama Desk, and Grammy Award winner, as well as a Tony Award nominee.

Pat Carroll married Lee Karsian on January 1, 1955.

They had three children; Tara Karsian, Kerry Karsian and Sean Karsian.

Lee Karsian and Pat Carroll on September 8, 1976.

Lee Karsian was born on January 16, 1925, in Massachusetts, United States to caucasian parents John Karsian and Araski Grace Hagopian. He passed away on June 26, 1991 in Clark County, Nevada.

Pat Carroll died from pneumonia at her home on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on July 30, 2022, at the age of 95.