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RIP Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:38 pm
by flockofseagulls104
Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, has died. She was 76. Roddenberry, an actress who appeared in numerous "Star Trek" TV shows and movies, died Thursday of leukemia at her home in Bel-Air, Calif., her representative said.
Re: RIP Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:04 pm
by tubadave
From Nurse Christine Chapel, to the voice of the Enterprise computer, she was as much a part of Star Trek as anyone.
RIP
Re: RIP Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:14 pm
by tlynn78
Oh, no! RIP, Deanna's mom
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Re: RIP Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:11 pm
by slam
Very freaky. I was just thinking about her today while working to work. I have no idea why, though.
Re: RIP Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:31 pm
by a1mamacat
tubadave wrote:From Nurse Christine Chapel, to the voice of the Enterprise computer, she was as much a part of Star Trek as anyone.
RIP
IIRC she also played the first No. 1 in the pilot with Captain Christoper Pike, the Menagerie.
Re: RIP Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:15 pm
by tubadave
a1mamacat wrote:tubadave wrote:From Nurse Christine Chapel, to the voice of the Enterprise computer, she was as much a part of Star Trek as anyone.
RIP
IIRC she also played the first No. 1 in the pilot with Captain Christoper Pike, the Menagerie.
Correct. She was No. 1 in the "The Cage" (which is actually the original title of the pilot...it was later made into the two-part episiode from the original series called "The Menagerie".)
She is the only actor to have appeared in all five Star Trek series: As Nurse Christine Chapel and a shipboard computer voice in the original Star Trek; as Lwaxana Troi in The Next Generation and Deep Space 9; as the voice of the computer on all Federation ships in TNG, DS9, and Voyager; and as the voice of the computer for a couple of episodes of Enterprise.
According to something I just read, she will be heard as the voice of the ship's computer in the new Star Trek movie coming out next May...she just finished the voiceover work about two weeks ago.
Re: RIP Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:12 am
by SportsFan68
tubadave wrote:
According to something I just read, she will be heard as the voice of the ship's computer in the new Star Trek movie coming out next May...she just finished the voiceover work about two weeks ago.
Bad news about the death, good news about the voiceover.
I thought she was wonderful in everything except as Lwaxana Troi. I liked the exuberance and flash, but that "gotta have a man" schtick was horrifying. I'm sure I'll enjoy the new movie.
Re: RIP Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:40 pm
by Thousandaire
SportsFan68 wrote:
I thought she was wonderful in everything except as Lwaxana Troi. I liked the exuberance and flash, but that "gotta have a man" schtick was horrifying. I'm sure I'll enjoy the new movie.
Yeahbut, it led to one of the best scenes in Trekdom - Capt. Picard trying to convince a Ferengi he (Picard) is in love with Lwaxanna. Comedy GOLD, Jerry!