Heather North Interview

[Ark]

I'm slowly working on a biography and came across this gem.

www.noblemania.com/2011/10/super-70s-and-80s-scooby-doo-where-are_11.html

(Note: there's a LOT of interesting interviews there: www.noblemania.com/2011/10/super-70s-and-80s-scooby-doo-where-are.html )

[Ark]

Other articles of note:

obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/annarbor/name/heather-north-obituary?pid=187619026

heavy.com/entertainment/2017/12/h-wesley-kenney-heather-north-husband-family/

Her home, which was just minutes away from the recording studio and the Brady Bunch house, right off Ventura Blvd:

web.archive.org/web/20180416150841/https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-newsletter-20180414-story.html

Google Maps Link

I assume this was the guestroom.

[ScoobyAddict]

Marc has some great interviews!

[Ark]

Sept 14, 2023 13:52:59 GMT -5 ScoobyAddict said:

Marc has some great interviews!

For sure! You don't happen to know if for the Scrappy seasons, the voice actors recorded at the CBS studio on Ventura Blvd? I'm diving deeper into writing a biography of Heather North and I'm finding a lot of interesting history. I'm a bit confused where exactly they were recording though.

[ScoobyAddict]

I’m not sure where they recorded during that time. I can try to ask some of the people that worked on the show and see if I can find out.

[Ark]

Sept 17, 2023 15:09:18 GMT -5 ScoobyAddict said:

I’m not sure where they recorded during that time. I can try to ask some of the people that worked on the show and see if I can find out.

That would be incredible! Specifically '80s Scooby-Doo, but that was probably the same recording studio as '70s. Found all sorts of newspaper clippings in old archives. Still gathering enough information to write this biography!

[Ark]

I'm guessing it was the Radford Studio Center, "originally Mack Sennett Studios, opened in 1928 as one of the most cutting-edge production facilities of its time. It has been home to such classic series The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Gilligan's Island, Seinfeld, Will & Grace and That 70's Show". Probably just a voice-over room, rented by Hanna Barbera in partnership with CBS.

Edit: but hold on... 1977 the show moved from CBS to ABC, so that may have changed where they recorded. Hmm.

[Ark]

Doo I read your mini bio on Daphne and was wondering if you had a source for this? "She [Griffin] inherited the role of Daphne from her friend Mary Kay Bergman, though she also knew Heather North from her church."

Edit: oh, I see various posts about this now. I've narrowed it down to either a Pentecostal or Catholic church. Although, Heather North and her husband both had funeral ceremonies at First Christian Church in Studio City. Dang, that's inconclusive.

[Doo]

Sept 18, 2023 10:58:48 GMT -5 Ark said:

Doo I read your mini bio on Daphne and was wondering if you had a source for this? "She [Griffin] inherited the role of Daphne from her friend Mary Kay Bergman, though she also knew Heather North from her church."

Edit: oh, I see various posts about this now. I've narrowed it down to either a Pentecostal or Catholic church. Although, Heather North and her husband both had funeral ceremonies at First Christian Church in Studio City. Dang, that's inconclusive.

Grey originally shared about Heather North going to the same church in a Reddit AMA that she did back in 2015. Here's a link to the original post where she first talked about it: www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3789vc/i_am_voice_actress_grey_delislegriffin_you_might/crkhcwf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button