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| Majel Barrett Roddenberry |
| 2008-12-19 |
| Here's a salute to the First Lady of Star Trek, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who passed away today at the age of 76. The widow of Gene Roddenberry appeared on every incarnation of Star Trek, and if you don't think of her as Nurse Chapel from the original series, she's probably the "Voice of the Computer," which is what she recorded for the upcoming J.J. Abrams movie. . . . She also played "Number One" in the original pilot episode ("The Cage") and Counselor Troi's mother ("the Auntie Mame of the Cosmos") in Next Generation. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #5 She did her final voiceover work and completed it a few weeks ago for the ST-tots movie. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-12-19 23:08 |
| #4 ...Had the opportunity to meet and speak with her briefly in the early 90s. Utterly charming, wickedly funny, and even then drop dead gorgeous. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2008-12-19 19:16 |
| #3 Aaawww, RIP, IIRC she had just recently accepted the job of being the voice of the ship's computer [again] for the upcoming new STAR TREK series??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-19 18:43 |
| #2 well as long as we still have Grace Whitney |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-12-19 18:27 |
| #1 *Every* computer that was female voiced in every flavor of StarTrek was done by Majel Barrett Rodenberry. Kinda tough to say goodby to childhod TV idols. Gene and Majel Rodenberry, Deforest Kelly, Jimmy Doohan... Its a shame we will likely never see another guy inspire Engineers/Tech like "Scotty". |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-12-19 16:46 |