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IIRC, she played second in command in the original series pilot.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and a member of the show's cast, has died. She was 76.
Barrett Roddenberry died of leukemia on Thursday at her home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air, her family said in a statement.
Her relationship with Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991 after the two had been married for 22 years, earned Barrett Roddenberry the nickname "The First Lady of Star Trek."
She had roles in nearly every "Star Trek" television show and movie, playing Nurse Chapel in the original series and lending her voice to the starship's computer in nearly every incarnation of the saga.
She recently finished her role as the voice of the USS Enterprise computer in director J.J. Abrams' movie "Star Trek," which is due out in May, 2009, her family said.
Barrett Roddenberry is survived by her only son, Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. A public memorial is expected to be scheduled for sometime after Christmas.
IIRC, she played second in command in the original series pilot.
Yep, she was the original "number one" but the suits at NBC didn't feel the country was ready for a woman who outranked most of the men onboard.
I thought Nurse Chapel was a cardboard cutout character, but she must have had fun playing Lwaxanna Troi on STTNG. It would have been funny if someone on STTNG said "Hey, Counselor Troi, why does the ship's computer have your mom's voice?".
RIP, Majel, and say hi to The Great Bird of the Galaxy for us.
R.I.P Majel. Say hi to Gene for us.
Star Trek had a dedicated fist lady? That's just dirty.
She was rumored not to like it when ol' Gene would hang around a bit too much with the actress who played Uhura.
Draw your own conclusions about what that means.
When the very very first Star Trek movie came out there was a flurry of books on the making of the original series, and the Nic e/Gene rumor seemed to be one of the persistant ones.
Computer voice...Lwaxana Troi...Number one...Nurse Chapel...
Rest in Peace.
Out...
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