Who plays Ursula in The Little Mermaid?

Ursula is played by Pat Carroll.

What are Ursula's abilities?

Ursula's abilities include dark magic, voice theft, transformation, deception.

Ursula has 6 mapped relationships in The Little Mermaid. Explore the interactive relationship map for details.

Occupation: magician. Eye Color: Gray. Hair Color: White hair. Manner of Death: Homicide. Nationality: Atlantican.

Powerful sea witch who trades voices for legs to gain power.

Ursula — related — Flounder (Jason Marin)
Ursula — Conflict Contractual Opponents — Ariel / Vanessa (Jodi Benson)
Ariel becomes trapped in Ursula's deceptive bargain and ultimately opposes her.

Ursula offers Ariel human legs in exchange for her voice, then sabotages Ariel's chance to receive Eric's true love's kiss.
Ursula — Conflict Arch Enemies — King Triton (Kenneth Mars)
A power struggle between the sea king and the sea witch forms the final political conflict.

Ursula uses Ariel's contract to force Triton to surrender his trident and become her prisoner. She then declares herself Queen of Atlantica.
Ursula — Conflict Enchantress And Victim — Prince Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes)
Ursula directly manipulates Eric to undermine Ariel's relationship with him.

Disguised as Vanessa, Ursula uses Ariel's voice to cast a hypnotic enchantment that makes Eric forget Ariel.
Ursula — Conflict Opponents — Sebastian (Samuel E. Wright)
Sebastian's loyalty to Ariel and Triton places him against Ursula's scheme.

Sebastian works to protect Ariel and later alerts Triton during Ursula's attempt to control Ariel and Atlantica.
Ursula — Conflict Threatened Opponents — Flounder (Jason Marin)
Flounder supports Ariel while Ursula's plan endangers her friends and family.

Flounder helps Ariel leave Ursula's domain and later participates in the effort surrounding the disrupted wedding.

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