Majel Barrett
Majel Barrett was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States on February 23rd, 1932 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 76, Majel Barrett biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born Majel Leigh Hudec, 1932 – 2008) was an American actress and producer.
She was best known for her appearances as Nurse Christine Chapel in the original Star Trek series and Lwaxana Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as being the voice of many onboard computer interfaces throughout the series.
She became Gene Roddenberry's second wife. She was often described as "the First Lady of Star Trek" by Roddenberry's wife and despite her continuing participation in the series during her lifetime.
Following the cancellation of the original Star Trek series, she married Roddenberry in Japan on August 6, 1969.
Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry, Jr., was their only son together, and they had one son together, born in 1974.
Early life
Barrett was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She began taking acting lessons as a child. She attended Shaker Heights High School, graduating in 1950 before heading to the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. She then went to Hollywood and began acting. William Hudec, her father, was a Cleveland police officer. On August 30, 1955, he was killed in the line of duty while traveling with an off-Broadway road company.
Personal life and death
Roddenberry said he discovered Barrett and suggested to her by telephone while scouting locations in Japan for MGM. Roddenberry had the intention of marrying Barrett in the version that Herbert F. Solow recited. She then joined Roddenberry in Tokyo, where they were married in a Shinto ceremony on August 6, 1969. Roddenberry had considered it "legilegious" to use an American minister in Japan, and two Shinto priests as well as maids of honor attended the ceremony. Roddenberry and Barrett wore kimono and spent their honeymoon in Japan. He continued to have relationships with other women, informing his families that he had a masseuse encounter in Japan a week after he was married.
The new marriage was not legally binding as his separation from Eileen was not yet concluded. This was settled two days after his divorce was complete, and on December 29, a small ceremony was held at their house followed by a family and friends reception. Despite this, the couple's wedding anniversary was celebrated on August 6 in New York. Dawn Barrett and her family's teenage daughter, Dawn, loved life with Barrett and him, and the family emigrated to a new house in Beverly Hills the following October. Barrett and Roddenberry's son, Eugene Jr., was popularly known as Rod Roddenberry in February 1974. They were married until Roddenberry's death at Barrett's side on October 24, 1991, in Santa Monica, California.
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry and Gene Johnson ordered Celestis to launch her and her husband on a journey to deepest space after her husband's death. The company scrapped the mission in 2014 after demonstrating them on NASA's "Sunjammer" mission. Celestis postponed their launch for 2020 and then postponed their launch for June 2022, the next available commercial mission to deep space. A sample of the couple's cremated remains will be sealed in a specially made capsule that can withstand space travel. On Celestis' "Enterprise Flight," a spacecraft and digitalized tributes from fans will accompany the capsule. The flight will also carry the ashes of Nichelle Nichols and Douglas Trumbull.
Barrett-Roddenberry died on the morning of December 18, 2008, at her Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, as a result of leukemia. She was 76 years old when she was first introduced to the United States. In Los Angeles, a public funeral was held on January 4, 2009. More than 250 people attended, including Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, and Wil Wheaton.
Career
Barrett appeared in Will Victory Spoil Rock Hunter for a brief period of time. (1957) In an ad parody at the start of the film, he appeared in a few films, including Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961), and Track of Thunder (1967). She appeared on numerous television shows including Bonanza, The Untouchables, The Lucy Show, and The Lieutenant (produced by Gene Roddenberry). Lucille Ball received her comedy training. She appeared on Leave It to Beaver in 1960, when she played Gwen Rutherford.
Barrett appeared in every iteration of the famous science fiction Star Trek franchise throughout her lifetime, including live action and animated films, television, and cinema, reflecting the times in which the various series were produced.
"The Cage" (1964), she first appeared as the US Enterprise's unidentified first officer, "Number One," in Star Trek's first pilot, "The Cage" (1964). Barrett was romantically involved with Roddenberry, who was on the verge of failing at the time, and the suggestion of an otherwise unknown woman in a leading role simply because she was the producer's girlfriend infuriated NBC network executives who insisted that Roddenberry give the role to a man. In Star Trek Memories, William Shatner confirmed this, and later said that female viewers at test screenings were also concerned about the character. Female viewers found her "pushy" and "annoying," according to Shatner, and that "Number One should not be trying so hard to fit in with the guys." Barrett used to joke that Roddenberry, whether you preferred Mr. Spock (whom the network also hated), or the woman's character, "kept the Vulcan and married the woman because he didn't think Leonard [Nimoy] would have it the other way around."
When Roddenberry was preparing for the second Star Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" she changed her name from Hudec to Barrett and wore a blonde wig for the role of nurse Christine Chapel, a frequently recurring character in "The Naked Time," the sixth new episode released, and she was known for her unbridled love for the dispassionate Spock. Jerry Stanley's first appearance in film dailies prompted her to yodel, "Look, who's back!" Viewers are now Doctor Chapel, a role that she briefly played in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as Commander Chapel, in a scene from an early scene in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Barrett contributed to several voices for Star Trek: The Animated Series, including those of Nurse Chapel and M'Ress, an ailuroid officer who served alongside Uhura.
Barrett appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation as the boldly self-assertive, iconoclastic ambassador for Betazoid, Lwaxana Troi, who appeared as a recurring character in the series, spent a lot of time visiting her daughter Deanna, the ship's counsel. Jean-Luc Picard, the Enterprise's captain, was often criticized for her sexual advances. Ambassador Troi appeared in several episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, where her character developed a close friendship with Constable Odo.
Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Onboard Computers, and the majority of the Star Trek films, She was the regular voice of the Federation starships onboard computers of Federation starships. In two episodes of the prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise, she reprised her role as a shipboard computer's voice, making her the only actress to appear in all six televised Star Trek series released up to that time. She has also contributed to a number of computer games and applications related to the franchise. Google's Assistant project was first codenamed Google Majel because of her voice with computer interaction. Barrett had also made a point of attending a major Star Trek convention each year to inspire fans and keep the franchise alive.
Roddenberry Productions announced on December 9, 2008, less than ten days before her death, that she would be back to the ship's cockpit once more, this time for the 2009 motion picture revival of Star Trek. Sean Rossall, a Roddenberry family spokesperson, confirmed that she had already completed the voiceover job around December 4, 2008. Roddenberry and Barrett appear in the film.
Primus Dominic in Roddenberry's 1973 postapocalyptic television drama pilot Genesis II; as Dr. Bradley in his 1974 television film The Questor Tapes and as Lilith the housekeeper in his 1977 TV drama pilot, Spectre. Miss Carrie, a robotic brothel madam, appeared in Michael Crichton's 1973 sci-fi Western, Westworld, as Miss Carrie, a robot brothel madam; the 1977 Stanley Kramer thriller The Man in the Santa Claus Suit starring Fred Astaire. Teresa's Tattoo (1994) and Mommy (1995) were two of her later film appearances.
Barrett used archives to bring two of his ideas into production after Gene Roddenberry's death. She was executive producer of Earth: Final War (in which she also played Dr. Julianne Belman) and Andromeda. She also served as the creative director of Gene Roddenberry's Lost Universe, a comic book series based on another archival Roddenberry theory.
She appeared in the Babylon 5 episode "Point of No Return" as Lady Morella, the Centurian emperor's psychic widow, a role that hinted at major plot elements in the series, in a gesture of goodwill between the creators of the Star Trek franchise and Babylon 5's "Point of No Return."
In the episode "Emission Impossible," Parodying her voice as the computer for the Star Trek series, Barrett appeared as a guest voice on Family Guy as the voice of Stewie Griffin's ship's computer.
According to Amazon's programmer Toni Reid, Barrett's widely respected voice as the Star Trek computer inspired the Amazon Alexa interactive virtual assistant, although Barrett had no involvement in it.
In several locations west of the Mississippi River, the Southern Pacific Railroad utilized her voice talents within Harmon Electronics (of Grain Valley, MO) track-side defect detector systems, which were used in various locations. If a defect is discovered on the passing train, the system responds with her recorded voice, alerting the train crew over the radio. She was and is still referred to as the "SP Lady" in railroad forums and railroad radio monitoring groups. However, with the introduction of newer hotbox detector technologies, she is finding her voice today on working detectors is extremely rare. The hotbox detectors that were installed in them were not compatible with the newer digital signaling needs, and finding parts for them was difficult. Today, she can be found on smaller regional railroads, many on dragging locations, such as in California at milepost 24.6 (under the I-5 and I-210 interchange in Sylmar), and in Oregon on the Portland & Western at milepost 746.5, near Lake Oswego, primarily at milepost 24.6. These voiced detectors survived because the lines were once owned by Southern Pacific, and because only two unchanging recorded messages are used in comparison to the dynamically shifting library used in hotbox detectors. Union Pacific is the only major railroad in the United States that still uses her name today.
Majel was initially hired by Guilford to install the "Guilford Rail System" and the video was converted into detectors along the rail. The Andover Annie" was dubbed by train crews and local rail enthusiasts, who were shocked by the name "Andover Annie." Both the Andover and Shirley detectors with Majel's voice were updated between 2015 and 2017 with new GE brand detectors that use a male voice.
The Pan Am Railways, which had been operating in 2006-2007, was able to commission Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, just before Majel Barrett-Roddenberry died on December 18, 2008. Pan Am Railways also uses Majel Barrett-Roddenberry's voice for defect detectors at eight separate locations throughout Maine, Massachusetts, and Upstate New York as of October 2020.
The following locations are found in District 1, MP 134.1 in Readfield, Maine, just off the Plains Road crossing. Pan Am Railways defect detectors that use Barrett's voice recordings. MP 157.2 of Lewiston, Maine, just off the Merrill Road crossing. MP 176.7 in Gray, Maine, just off the Depot Road crossing. Only one detector with a voice is active in District 2, and only one detector with her voice is operational. MP 234.2 in North Berwick, Maine, just off the Elm Street/Route 4 intersection. There are four districts in District 3 where her voice can be heard. MP 346.6 in Gardner, Massachusetts, near the Parker Street underpass. MP 369.1 in Wendell, Massachusetts, just off the Wendell Depot Road crossing. In Zoar, Massachusetts, the third party is on MP 410.9 paralleling Zoar Road. Finally, in Hoosick, New York, we have MP 440.2. With the new state of Pan Am Railways being on sale, the future of these defect detectors remains uncertain. These rare defect detectors will almost certainly be replaced if a new railway takes over.
Any of Barrett's last voiceover duties was still in post-production and to be released in 2009 after her death, as shown in the credits of the 2009 film Star Trek's credits. She was also as the voice of the Enterprise computer. Hamlet A.D.D. is an animated film that follows the lives of a child. Majel Barrett Roddenberry was credited as Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who was in charge of Queen Robot's voiceover.