Nicole Jaffe

Nicole Cowgill Jaffe David (; born May 23, 1941) is a Canadian businesswoman, consultant, former talent agent and entertainment executive, and actress, best known as the original voice actress for Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo franchise. Today, she advises major brands and organizations, works with family foundations, serves on nonprofit boards, and remains active in entertainment through select projects.

Biography In 1969, Jaffe married Actors Studio classmate Brad David at the age of 28.

As a performer, billed under her maiden name of Nicole Jaffe, she 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). She also starred in a stage production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown as Patty, where she was seen by Hanna-Barbera recording director Gordon Hunt, who auditioned her for and eventually cast her as Velma on the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Saturday morning cartoon series.

During the second season of Scooby-Doo, in 1970, after Indira Stefanianna, who voiced Daphne on Scooby-Doo, left the show, Jaffe recommended her roommate Heather North as a replacement; Triad was sold to the larger William Morris Agency in 1992 for over $20 million.

She occasionally returned to the Scooby-Doo franchise from 1977 through 2003, concluding with two direct-to-video movies: Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico.

Nicole David was divorced from Brad David in 1979 (she kept her marital name). She then married L.A. photographer Brian Braff in 1982. Subsequently, Braff founded the charity group for teens and young adults who have cancer, High School Yearbook: A Teen & Young Adult Cancer Community. David served on the charity's board of directors.

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