Her father Doug Scharf is the longtime musical director for Chicago-area TV horror host Svengoolie (Rich Koz), appearing on Son of Svengoolie (1978) and Svengoolie (1995) in-character as keyboardist "Doug Graves" (the "man in the other hat"). Natalie has occasionally appeared on Svengoolie (1995) with her dad, playing saxophone in-character as "Anita X. Orcist"/"Anita Exorcist".