Nicole Jaffe

Nicole Cowgill Jaffe (born May 23, 1941) is a retired Canadian actress. She is best known as the original voice actress for Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon series from 1969 to 1973.

Nicole Jaffe
Born
Nicole Cowgill Jaffe

(1941-05-23) May 23, 1941
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1968–1986, 2002–2004
Known forOriginal voice actress for Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise
Spouses
  • Brad David
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    (m. 1969; div. 1979)​
  • Brian Braff
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    (m. 1982)​

Biography

A life member of The Actors Studio,[1] David – under her maiden name Nicole Jaffe – had previously appeared in The Trouble with Girls (1969) with Elvis Presley (and Scooby-Doo voice actor Frank Welker) and in Disney's The Love Bug (1968).

Jaffe starred in a 1969 stage production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown as Patty,[2] where she was seen by Hanna-Barbera recording director Gordon Hunt, who auditioned her for and eventually cast her as Velma on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

During the second season in 1970, after Stefanianna Christopherson, who voiced Daphne on Scooby-Doo, left the show, Jaffe recommended her roommate Heather North as a replacement;[2] North voiced Daphne in various Scooby productions for the next three decades. Velma was Jaffe's only voice role, which she reprised in the spin-off series The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–74). During this time, Nicole also appeared in a starring role in the Room 222 second season episode "What Would We Do Without Bobbie?" in 1970.

Jaffe retired from acting after marrying Actors Studio classmate Brad David[1] in 1973 and went into talent representation. With Arnold Rifkin, Nicole David formed the Rifkin/David agency in 1982, which was merged two years later into the Triad Artists agency.[3] Triad was sold to the larger William Morris Agency in 1992 for over $20 million.[3][4] David worked as a senior agent and senior vice president at William Morris and its successor William Morris Endeavor until 2013; her clients over the years have included John Travolta, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, and Elijah Wood.[4][5] She temporarily returned to the Scooby-Doo series for two 2003 direct-to-video movies: Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1968The Love BugGirl In Dune-buggy
1969The Trouble with GirlsBetty
MarloweLillyUncredited
1969–1970Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!Velma Dinkley (voice)25 episodes
Room 222Bobbie Walstone, Student in Pete's Class2 episodes
1971The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsHot PantsEpisode: "Broken Melody"
1972–1973The New Scooby-Doo MoviesVelma Dinkley (voice)24 episodes
1976Dynomutt, Dog WonderDamsel Woman In Distress (voice)Episode: "The Wizard of Ooze"
1977–1980Captain Caveman and the Teen AngelsAdditional voices38 episodes
1978The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt HourEpisode: "The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face"
1979–1982Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo3 episodes
1983The New Scooby-Doo MysteriesAdditional voicesEpisode: "The Mark Of Scooby/The Crazy Carnival Caper"
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo ShowEpisode: "Wedding Bell Boos!"
1986Scooby's Mystery Funhouse1 episode
2002Scooby-Doo! Winter WonderdogVelma Dinkley (voice)Direct-to-video
2003Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico

References
  1. Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
  2. "Super '70s and '80s: "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"—Nicole David (Jaffe) (Velma 1, 1969-74)". www.noblemania.com.
  3. "Morris Agency engulfs Triad". 19 October 1992.
  4. "Nicole David Exits WME; Top Talent Agent Who Voiced 'Scooby-Doo's Velma Eyes Next Chapter". 5 February 2013.
  5. "'Hello? Cher? Whitney? Oh, Emma, Hi' by Daniel Jeffreys. - the Independent (London), January 13, 1996". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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