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Nicole Jaffe

Acting
Known For

84 Years Old

Nicole Jaffe (born 1946) is an American actress and voice actress, best known as the original voice of Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon series from 1969 to 1974. Before Scooby-Doo began production, Jaffe had appeared in The Trouble with Girls with Elvis Presley (and future Scooby-Doo co-star Frank Welker) and in Disney's The Love Bug. Velma was Jaffe's only voice role. Like her character, Jaffe was myopic and needed glasses or contacts to see. At the first voice recording rehearsal for Scooby-Doo, Where are You!, Jaffe accidentally dropped her glasses and cried out something to the effect of "my glasses! I can't see without them," which became a trademark gag and catch phrase for Velma. Jaffe retired from acting after getting married to Brad David in 1973 and getting a job as an agent for the William Morris Agency. She briefly returned to the series 30 years later for the 2003 direct-to-video movies Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicole Jaffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Canada on 23rd May 1941

All Credits

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Image
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Image
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Velma Dinkley (voice)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies Image
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Velma (voice)
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels Image
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
Additional Voices (voice)
The Love Bug Image
The Love Bug
Girl In Dune Buggy
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico Image
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
Velma Dinkley (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire Image
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire
Velma (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and the Robots Image
Scooby-Doo! and the Robots
Velma Dinkley (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman Image
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman
Velma Dinkley (voice) (archive footage)
The Trouble with Girls Image
The Trouble with Girls
Betty
Scooby-Doo's Spookiest Tales Image
Scooby-Doo's Spookiest Tales
Velma Dinkley (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters Image
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
Velma Dinkley (voice)
Scooby-Doo: Mystery in Motion Image
Scooby-Doo: Mystery in Motion
Velma Dinkley (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates Image
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
Velma Dinkley (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers Image
Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers
Velma (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and the Werewolves Image
Scooby-Doo! and the Werewolves
Velma Dinkley (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries Image
Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries
Velma Dinkley (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries Image
Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries
Velma / Additional Voices (voice)
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family Image
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Velma Dinkley (Voice)
Scooby-Doo's Spookiest Tales Image
Scooby-Doo's Spookiest Tales
(voice)
Scooby-Doo! and the Skeletons Image
Scooby-Doo! and the Skeletons
Velma Dinkley (voice)