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  Majel Barrett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born Majel Lee Hudec on February 23, 1932 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American actress and widow of television director/producer/writer Gene Roddenberry.
Majel Barrett played several onscreen roles in the various incarnations of Star Trek, the popular science fiction television series:
Barrett also played the character Dr. Julianne Belman in Earth: Final Conflict, which was also created by Gene Roddenberry.
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 Majel Barrett - Wikipedia
Majel Barrett spielte mehrere verschiedene Rollen in den Star-Trek-Serien.
In seiner Biographie schrieb Roddenberry: „Ich machte Leonard Nimoy zum ersten Offizier und Majel Barrett zu meiner Frau und der Krankenschwester der Enterprise.
Majel Barrett lieh ihre Stimme den Bordcomputern der Föderation in allen amerikanischen Star-Trek-Serien und -Filmen – mit Ausnahme der letzten Serie Enterprise, da dort der Computer (noch) nicht spricht.
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 Majel Barrett: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Majel Barrett   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born February 23, 1932) is an American actress and widow of television director/producer/writer Gene Roddenberry.
Majel Barrett played several onscreen roles in the various incarnations of Star Trek, the popular science fiction TV series.
She was born as Majel Lee Hudec in Columbus, Ohio.
www.encyclopedian.com /ma/Majel-Barrett.html   (130 words)

  
 Star Trek - Actor Biographies - Majel Barrett
Majel Lee Hudec was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where she grew up.
Majel attended law school for a year, but after receiving an 'F' in contract law, she moved to New York and landed parts in, "Models By Season," which was staged in Boston.
Majel owns and operates Lincoln Enterprises, a mail order business that she and Gene started to deal with the mountain of requests for Star Trek-related materials.
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 Film Guild Biography: Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Majel Barret Hudec was born on February 23rd 1939, in Columbus, Ohio.
Majel was not one to sit back and let her agent do the work; she sent letters of introduction to every producer in town, and followed up by going in person.
Majel first met Gene when he was at Screen Gems; Roddenberry was one of the producers that Majel went to meet in person, after sending a letter of introduction.
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 Majel Barrett Roddenberry - Characters - Earth: Final Conflict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Majel Barrett Roddenberry was born in Columbus, Ohio, and was raised in Cleveland.
In 1974 Eugene Wesley Roddenberry, Majel and Gene's son, was born.
Majel was sorting out some of Gene's old papers in 1996, where she found a pilot and format for a series developed in the 1970's, but put aside due to the first Star Trek film, and later Star Trek spin-offs.
website.lineone.net /~earthfc/production/majelroddenberry.htm   (857 words)

  
 E:FC Production - Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Executive Producer)
In 1996, while Majel was going through some of Gene's old papers, she came across the pilot and format for a series he had developed in the mid-70s at CBS, which was to become the basis for Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict.
It was Majel's memory of Gene's passion for the project that prompted her to search out creative collaborators to continue her late husband's legacy, and she chose David Kirschner, ALLIANCE ATLANTIS, and Tribune Entertainment to pick up where Gene had left off.
Majel currently lives in Bel Air, in the country-style home she and Gene bought in 1988, designed in the 1930s by the famous California architect Wallace Neff.
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 Majel Barrett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
According to the book by and, Barrett was cast as Number One because she was romantically involved with Roddenberry at the time.
Her role was changed to that of Nurse Christine Chapel when Star Trek became a series, and two decades later she was cast as the outrageously determined and iconoclastic Betazoid Ambassador Lwaxana Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation, who also appeared in some episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Most likely to parody her voice work as the computer for the Star Trek series', Majel performed as a guest voice on Family Guy as the voice of Stewies ship (This episode also featured another Star Trek regular, Wallace Shawn as Stewie's unborn brother.
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Majel_Barrett   (412 words)

  
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Then finally, last fall Barrett's intergalactic path fatefully converged at a sci-fi convention in England with that of JMS -- as "Babylon 5's" revered creator, J. Michael Straczynski, is known by his legions of on-line internet fans.
So upon meeting Barrett, Straczynski extended an invitation for her to appear in a pivotal guest role.
Adds Straczynski: "We're very pleased to have Majel appearing on 'Babylon 5.' Because as the wife of 'Star Trek' creator Gene Roddenberry, her appearance on our show will help dispel the notion -- held by some -- that one cannot be a fan of both series.
www.midwinter.com /lurk/misc/barrett-release   (419 words)

  
 Majel Barrett Images
In 1967, Majel Barrett is cast in the role of Mrs.
For the 1965 release of Sylvia, Majel Barrett is cast in the role of Anne.
Majel Barrett is cast in the role of Bea (1983) in the 1963 feature "General Hospital".
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 Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Majel Barrett Roddenberry is admittedly illiterate when it comes to computers, but that hasn't kept her from being the voice of the U.S.S. Enterprise or several other bits of Star Trek circuitry over the past 30 years.
Majel, 58,works as a public representative for NASA and wants to see the program beefed up.
Majel Barrett Roddenberry will be appearing at the Philadelphia Science Fiction Exposition, Fri.-Sun., Aug. 29-31, at the Adam's Mark Hotel, City Avenue and Monument Road, (610) 454-1197.
www.citypaper.net /articles/082897/article001.shtml   (969 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Article
When we recently caught up with Majel Barrett Roddenberry for an early morning chat, she had to pull herself away from watching an interview about one of her favorite shows, Survivor.
Majel says she had known Gene for some time when he began developing the cast of characters that would inhabit Star Trek.
While many of the dispassionate characteristics that Gene and Majel had created for the character went to Spock, Majel believes that she could have taken the female commander to new places.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/news/article/112056.html   (956 words)

  
 Majel Barrett Roddenberry biography
Majel was originally cast in the role of the First Officer in the first Star Trek pilot, "The Cage." In the original series she portrayed Christine Chapel.
Barrett has become familiar as the voice of the computer on all three Star Trek series and the animated Star Trek TV show from the 1970s.
Majel is president of Lincoln Enterprises in Los Angeles, a mail-order firm specializing in Star Trek memorabilia.
www.strangenewworlds.com /issues/feature-10a.html   (467 words)

  
 Majel Barrett - Wikipedia
Majel Barrett is een Amerikaanse actrice en echtgenote van (wijlen) Gene Roddenberry, de geestelijk vader van Star Trek (Science Fiction tv-serie, waarvan later ook bioscoopfilms werden gemaakt).
Majel Barrett speelde in de eerste pilootaflevering van de originele Star Trek serie de rol van Number One.
Vanaf de tweede pilot (met een bijna volledig nieuwe cast en bemanning) speelde ze de rol van Nurse Christine Chapel.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Majel_Barrett   (148 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Majel Barrett   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), a Constitution class starship In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701 was a Constitution class ship that is theorized to have been commissioned in 2245, though this has yet to be acknowledged in canon.
Christine Chapel is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe, played by Majel Barrett, the wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
In the fictional Star Trek universe, Betazoids are a sentient humanoid species from the planet Betazed, a member of the United Federation of Planets.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Majel-Barrett   (993 words)

  
 Majel Roddenberry Goes To Andromeda
On Earth: Final Conflict, Barrett says she fought the arc that dominated much of the season before last - both the fact of the complicated storyline and the direction in which the stories were headed.
Barrett felt strongly that the series had to be believable to succeed with the fans - something she saw reflected in the letters she received from viewers.
Barrett's only concern are fickle network trends which suggest at this moment that hour-long science fiction shows are no longer desirable.
www.littlereview.com /getcritical/trektalk/majel2.htm   (3242 words)

  
 Majel Barrett
To younger Trekkies, she is Deana Troi's meddlesome mother, Lwaxana Troi (Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Riix, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed).
In his will, he stipulated that each of his three children (two daughters from his first marriage, and one son with Barrett) were to receive equal shares of his inheritance, but that Barrett would manage the estate, and that their son would receive a larger share of the estate when Barrett eventually died.
Farther outside the Star Trek universe, Barrett appeared in A Guide to the Married Man with Walter Matthau, Westworld with Yul Brynner, and The Domino Principle with Gene Hackman, but her roles in such films were always tiny.
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 Lincoln Enterprises - Interview with Majel Barrett Roddenberry
I had the pleasure of meeting Majel Barrett this past May while enjoying the sun and warm breezes of the Caribbean on SeaTrek '93.
SNW: Majel, most Trek fans are well familiar with you, of course, as an actress, but many aren’t familiar with you as an entrepreneur.
MAJEL: So Isaac called Gene and Gene in a fit of rage and everything said, "We’re gonna handle this fan mail ourselves, darn it!" So he asked me if I’d take it over and that’s basically how it started.
www.strangenewworlds.com /issues/feature-10.html   (1785 words)

  
 Majel Barrett
Majel Barrett was born Majel Lee Hudec on 23 February 1939.
It was while she was performing in All for Mary that she won her first movie role.
It was a bit part in the movie "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" Majel would continue to appear in small roles until she was cast in the first Star Trek pilot show named...
www.tv.com /majel-barrett/person/15971/summary.html   (136 words)

  
 Majel Barrett Roddenberry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Majel Barrett stars as Lady Morella, a seer and widow of the recently-slain Emperor of the Centaurian Republic, who provides a devastating vision of the future for the ever-scheming Centauri Ambassador, Londo Mollari (Peter Jurasik), and his aide, Vir (Stephen Furst).
I watched Majel's performance and was again struck by how much she reminds me of my mother.
Deanna Troi, Majel's on-screen daughter, is definitely an omega female.
www.walrus.com /~gibralto/majel.html   (596 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Transcript
Majel Barrett Roddenberry: Oh boy, sure there are.
Barrett, in the past few years, you've turned up on several of the series playing Deanna Troi' s mother, recently they've been bringing back characters from the original series more and more.
Although if you don't know how I got the job Gene did come home one day and say "Majel, I have a job for you and you don't have to act." She was the Auntie Mame of the galaxy.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/community/chat/archive/transcript/1095.html   (869 words)

  
 Philosophy Sphere - Majel Barrett Roddenberry Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A: It will depend upon the stories and.....whether or not she is essential to that particular episode of the show.
Q: Majel, your son Eugene is such as nice guy.
Majel Barrett Roddenberry: I want to thank everyone who has been with us and I certainly hope you'll stay with us.
www.philosophysphere.com /mbr.transcript.html   (1393 words)

  
 Star Trek: The Animated Series
Investigating a sector of space where starships have disappeared every 27 years, the Enterprise finds a race of beautiful women who survive by drawing the energy from the male members of the ships that they have lured to their planet.
While exploring the planet Argo, Kirk and Spock are made into waterbreathers by an undersea race, and the venom of a deadly sea snake is the only antidote to return them to their normal selves.
Kirk and Spock join a party of aliens to search for and recover a priceless artifact, the loss of which may cause a galactic holy war; but they soon learn that one of the party is a saboteur.
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 Zap2it.com | TV | Shows | Features | Archive
Keeping the Legacy Alive: Majel Barrett Brings Late Husband Gene Roddenberry's Vision of "Earth: Final Conflict" To TV By N.F. Mendoza (nfm@Zap2it.com.com)
Loving, generous, effusive, devoted Majel Barrett Roddenberry thought the time was right.
Now Barrett Roddenberry -- an actress who's appeared in "Star Trek" series, attends Trekker conventions, and compassionately interacts on a regular basis with the many fans - brings Roddenberry's vision, "Earth: Final Conflict" to TV, serving as executive producer and co-star.
oldtv.zap2it.com /news/f/a/97/11/03barrettroddenberry.html   (182 words)

  
 First Lady of Star Trek
It is difficult to come up with an introduction for Majel Barrett Roddenberry that does not contain a cliche about her being the First Lady of Science Fiction.
The dynamic woman who goes by Barrett as an actress, Barrett-Roddenberry as a speaker, and Roddenberry as an executive producer is visible right now playing Julianne Belman on Earth: Final Conflict - one of the projects left unfinished by her late husband, Gene Roddenberry, which she has brought to fruition.
Surprisingly, Majel Roddenberry says the series did not undergo substantial changes since it was dreamed up two decades ago.
www.littlereview.com /getcritical/trektalk/majel1.htm   (1775 words)

  
 Official Star Trek TU Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
How about getting Majel Barrett Roddenberry on board?! I think Eugene Roddenberry should be of some help here! That list of Celebrities who support the cause stays static for far too long.
Majel was the computer voice in every series, except Enterprise.
I thought it's be nice to have an episode with her making the computer voice.
www.trekfansunited.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2016   (329 words)

  
 Majel Barrett   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The part of Nurse Christine Chapel is played by the lovely Majel Barrett.
Prior to her role in STAR TREK, she appeared in no less than sixteen plays, both on and off Broadway; ten motion pictures, and has played numerous parts in seventeen different television shows.
Miss Barrett is a resident of Hollywood, and lists her leisure time activities as music, reading, swimming, and indulging the whims of her pet French poodle,"Fang."
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