Majel Barrett
Actor, TV Actor
1932 – 2008
Who was Majel Barrett?
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry was an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as Nurse Christine Chapel in the original Star Trek series, Lwaxana Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and for being the voice of most onboard computer interfaces throughout the series. She was also the wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
As the wife of Roddenberry and given her ongoing relationship with Star Trek—participating in some way in every series during her lifetime—she was sometimes referred to as "the First Lady of Star Trek". She and Gene Roddenberry were married in Japan on August 6, 1969, after the cancellation of the original Star Trek series. They had one son together, Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry, Jr., born in 1974.
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- Born
- Feb 23, 1932
Cleveland - Also known as
- Majel Lee Hudec
- Majel Barrett-Roddenberry
- M. Leigh Hudec
- Majel Barrett Roddenberry
- Majel Roddenberry
- Majel Barrett Rodenbury
- The First Lady of Star Trek
- Majel Leigh Hudec
- Parents
- Spouses
- Gene Roddenberry
(1969/08/06 - 1991/10/24)
- Gene Roddenberry
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Miami
- Shaker Heights High School
- Lived in
- Columbus
- Bel-Air
( - 2008/12/18) - Hollywood
- Died
- Dec 18, 2008
Bel-Air
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on July 23, 2013
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