Her voice brought one of the most iconic characters in animation to life every week in people's living rooms, forever cementing her place in TV history and making it all the more difficult to share the news that Heather North, the voice of Daphne in several Scooby-Doo TV series and movies, has passed away.
Numerous outlets, including The Hollywood Reporter, have reported the news of North's passing at the age of 71. According to Jodie Mann, a close friend of the North family, Heather passed away on November 30th at her home in Studio City after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.
Heather North began her journey to voice acting immortality when she took the vocal reins of Daphne in the second season of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1970. A key member of the cartoon mystery-solving team (and their vocal Great Dane) created by Hanna-Barbera Productions, Daphne would continue to...
Numerous outlets, including The Hollywood Reporter, have reported the news of North's passing at the age of 71. According to Jodie Mann, a close friend of the North family, Heather passed away on November 30th at her home in Studio City after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.
Heather North began her journey to voice acting immortality when she took the vocal reins of Daphne in the second season of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1970. A key member of the cartoon mystery-solving team (and their vocal Great Dane) created by Hanna-Barbera Productions, Daphne would continue to...
- 12/20/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Former Days of our Lives actress Heather North died on November 30. She was 71.
North passed away at her home in Studio City after a long illness, family friend Jodie Mann confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
Her husband, H. Wesley Kenney, the Emmy Award-winning producer and director of daytime soap operas, died in January 2015.
North and Kenney had met on the set of Days of our Lives and were married in 1971. She had played Sandy Horton from 1967-1972 on the NBC daytime serial.
A native of Pasadena, North also starred as Kurt Russell's love interest in Disney's The Barefoot Executive (1971), about a chimpanzee who can predict which TV shows will be a success on the air.
North was the longtime voice of the danger-prone Daphne Blake on TV's Scooby-Doo. She was first heard as Daphne in September 1970 on the second-season opener of the CBS/Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning hit Scooby Doo,...
North passed away at her home in Studio City after a long illness, family friend Jodie Mann confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
Her husband, H. Wesley Kenney, the Emmy Award-winning producer and director of daytime soap operas, died in January 2015.
North and Kenney had met on the set of Days of our Lives and were married in 1971. She had played Sandy Horton from 1967-1972 on the NBC daytime serial.
A native of Pasadena, North also starred as Kurt Russell's love interest in Disney's The Barefoot Executive (1971), about a chimpanzee who can predict which TV shows will be a success on the air.
North was the longtime voice of the danger-prone Daphne Blake on TV's Scooby-Doo. She was first heard as Daphne in September 1970 on the second-season opener of the CBS/Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning hit Scooby Doo,...
- 12/20/2017
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
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