{{short description|Canadian talent agent and actress (b. 1941)}} {{Infobox person | name = Nicole Jaffe | birth_name = Nicole Jaffe | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|5|23}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | occupation = Actress | known_for = Original voice actress for Velma Dinkley in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise | spouse = {{ubl | {{marriage|Brad David|1969|1979|reason=divorced}} | {{marriage|Brian Braff|1982|2025|reason=his death}} }} | years_active = 1968–1986, 2002–2004 }}
'''Nicole Cowgill Jaffe David''' ({{née|'''Jaffe'''}}; born May 23, 1941) is a retired Canadian talent agent, businesswoman, and actress, best known as the original voice actress for Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera's ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise.
== Biography == In 1969, Jaffe married Actors Studio<ref name="ASmembers">{{Cite book |last=Garfield |first=David |url=https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf |title=A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio |publisher=MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. |year=1980 |isbn=0-02-542650-8 |location=New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf/page/278 278] |chapter=Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980 |url-access=registration}}</ref> 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,<ref name="NDinterview">{{Cite web |title=Super '70s and '80s: "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"—Nicole David (Jaffe) (Velma 1, 1969-74) |url=https://www.noblemania.com/2011/10/super-70s-and-80s-scooby-doo-where-are_10.html |website=Noblemania.com}}</ref> 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;<ref name="NDinterview" /> 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 in 1973 and went into talent representation. Under her marital name – Nicole David – she and Arnold Rifkin formed the Rifkin/David agency in 1982, which was merged two years later into the Triad Artists agency.<ref name="triad">{{Cite web |date=19 October 1992 |title=Morris Agency engulfs Triad |url=https://variety.com/1992/scene/news/morris-agency-engulfs-triad-101073/}}</ref> Triad was sold to the larger William Morris Agency in 1992 for over $20 million.<ref name="triad" /><ref name="deadline" /> 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, Rihanna, and Elijah Wood.<ref name="deadline">{{Cite web |date=5 February 2013 |title=Nicole David Exits WME; Top Talent Agent Who Voiced 'Scooby-Doo's Velma Eyes Next Chapter |url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/nicole-david-exits-wme-top-talent-agent-who-voiced-scooby-doos-velma-eyes-next-chapter-421574/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='Hello? Cher? Whitney? Oh, Emma, Hi' |first=Daniel |last=Jeffreys |work=The Independent |location=London |date=January 13, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2013-02-05 |title=Nicole David Exits WME; Top Talent Agent Who Voiced 'Scooby-Doo's Velma Eyes Next Chapter |url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/nicole-david-exits-wme-top-talent-agent-who-voiced-scooby-doos-velma-eyes-next-chapter-421574/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
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.<ref name="hsyearbook">{{Cite web |title=High School Yearbook: A Young Adult Cancer Community |url=http://hsyearbook.org/}}</ref> David served on the charity's board of directors.
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1968|| data-sort-value="Love Bug, The" | ''The Love Bug'' || Girl In Dune-buggy || |- | rowspan="2" |1969|| data-sort-value="Trouble with Girls, The" | ''The Trouble with Girls'' || Betty || Co-starred with fellow Scooby-Doo voice actor Frank Welker who played the character Rutgers |- | ''Marlowe'' || Lilly || Uncredited |- |rowspan="2"| 1969–1970|| ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' || Velma Dinkley (voice) || 25 episodes |- | ''Room 222'' || Bobbie Walstone, Student in Pete's Class || 2 episodes |- |1971|| data-sort-value="Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The" | ''The Bold Ones: The New Doctors'' || Hot Pants || Episode: "Broken Melody" |- |1972–1973|| data-sort-value="New Scooby-Doo Movies, The" | ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' || Velma Dinkley (voice) || 24 episodes |- |1976|| ''Dynomutt, Dog Wonder'' || Damsel Woman In Distress (voice) || Episode: "The Wizard of Ooze" |- |1977–1980|| ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' || rowspan="3"| Additional voices || 38 episodes |- |1978|| data-sort-value="Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, The" | ''The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour'' || Episode: "The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face" |- |1979–1982|| ''Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' || 3 episodes |- |rowspan="2"| 1983|| data-sort-value=" New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, The" | ''The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries'' || rowspan="3"| Additional voices || Episode: "The Mark Of Scooby/The Crazy Carnival Caper" |- | data-sort-value="New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, The" | ''The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show'' || Episode: "Wedding Bell Boos!" |- |1986|| ''Scooby's Mystery Funhouse'' || 1 episode |- | rowspan="2" |2003|| ''Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire'' |- | ''Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico'' || rowspan="2" | Velma Dinkley (voice) || Final role |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{wikiquote}} * {{IMDb name|id=0415476|name=Nicole Jaffe}}
{{s-start}} {{succession box | title=Voice of Velma Dinkley | before= None | years= 1969–1973, 2003 | after=Pat Stevens}} {{s-end}}
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