Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who was the long time wife of Gene Roddenberry, has passed away.
She was 76.
This comes as a complete shock to me.
From MSN,
((The actress died of leukemia at 12:27 AM on Thursday with her son, Rod, by her side. She was diagnosed with the disease six months ago.))
I didn’t know she was sick. She’s pretty much been in every Star Trek spin-off in some form.
((And Majel also voiced the computer of the various starships used throughout all of the TV shows and movies from the sci-fi franchise — she just completed her voiceover work as the voice of the Enterprise in director J.J. Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek,” due in theaters on May 8, 2009.))
She was with the name Majel Leigh Hudec, but changed it when she became an actress.
She was a class act, because she would never say anything bad about Gene when all the dirt about him started to surface. Especially, when the stories of his cheating came out from various actresses and women he worked with. He had a long time affair with Susan Sackett, who was his personal assistant.
In many ways, she was the mother of Star Trek.
She had a guest-star role on B5 too.
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It was sad to hear of her passing. I remember she even did the computer voice on an episode of Family Guy. If the franchise does get rebuilt and more Trek features are done after this new movie, they will have a tough time finding a new voice for Star Trek.
paul
Yeah, it is sad. I kind of grew up watching her in her various roles in the different series and hearing her voice as the computer.
It would have been something to watch her character as Number One pass that "The Cage" pilot.
I didnt know she did an episode of Family Guy. Now I am going to have look for it.
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