Nicole Jaffe
| Nicole Jaffe David | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 23, 1941 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Other names | Nicole Jaffe |
| Occupation | Talent agent, actress, voice actress |
| Years active | 1968–1975, 2002–2004 |
| Spouse(s) |
Brad David (m. 1973–?; divorced) Brian Braff (currently) |
Nicole Jaffe David (born May 23, 1941) is a Canadian talent agent and former actress and voice actress, best known as the original voice actress for Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon series from 1969 to 1973. A life member of The Actors Studio,[1] David - under her maiden name Nicole Jaffe - had previously appeared in The Trouble with Girls with Elvis Presley (and future Scooby-Doo co-star Frank Welker) and in Disney's The Love Bug.
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! 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 1972-74 spin-off series, The New Scooby-Doo Movies. 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 briefly 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.
| Preceded by None |
Velma Dinkley voice 1969–1973 |
Succeeded by Pat Stevens |
| Preceded by B.J. Ward |
Velma Dinkley voice 2002-2003 |
Succeeded by Mindy Cohn |
References
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2011/10/super-70s-and-80s-scooby-doo-where-are_10.html
- 1 2 http://variety.com/1992/scene/news/morris-agency-engulfs-triad-101073/
- 1 2 http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/nicole-david-exits-wme-top-talent-agent-who-voiced-scooby-doos-velma-eyes-next-chapter/
- ↑ http://www.questia.com/library/1P2-4772412/hello-cher-whitney-oh-emma-hi