News and opinions about TV actress Majel Barrett. According to Wikipedia: Majel Barrett-Roddenberry is an American actress, producer, and widow of television director/producer/writer Gene Roddenberry.
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The new Star Trek movie hasn’t evened opened yet, but Paramount Pictures has already started working on a sequel.
“Obviously we discussed ideas, but we are waiting to see how audiences respond next month,” Alex Kurtzman said. “With a franchise rebirth, the first movie has to be about origin. But with a second, you have the opportunity to explore incredibly exciting things. We’ll be ambitious about what we’ll do.”
Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof will... Read Full Story
Variety had a little news brief that was passed along to me. It turns out the Leonard Nimoy isn’t only Trek alum that will reprising a role in the new JJ Abrams vision of Star Trek .
Majel Barrett-Rodenberry will also reprise her role as the voice of the shipboard computer for The Enterprise. She has provided the regular voice of starship onboard computers for Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager . She even voiced... Read Full Story
Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away this morning, December 18, 2008, at 12:27 AM in her Bel Air home. She died peacefully, in her sleep, and was surrounded by family and loved ones.
“My mother truly acknowledged and appreciated the fact that Star Trek fans played a vital role in keeping the Roddenberry dream alive for the past 42 years. It was her love for the fans, and their love in return, that kept her going for so long after my father passed away.” - Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, Jr... Read Full Story
Space…The Final Frontier
Roddenberry’s To Join Scotty In Space
He wrote about it for years, and now space will be the final frontier for Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and his recently deceased widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. According to a spokesperson from Celestis Incorporated, a company that provides memorial spaceflights, they will launch the couple’s ashes into space sometime next year. Their remains will be sealed inside special capsules, and the spacecraft carrying the... Read Full Story
Filed under: Obituaries, Reality-Free Star Trek fans everywhere are mourning the loss of Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who died yesterday at her home in Bel Air, Calif., after a battle with leukemia. Barrett Roddenberry was the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who boldly cast her as second-in-command of the USS Enterprise in the original 1964 Star Trek pilot. She didn't stay in command for long, thanks to the NBC execs of the time, but Roddenberry remained aboard the Enterprise in... Read Full Story
The creator of " Star Trek " and his wife will spend eternity together in space. Celestis Inc., a company that specializes in "memorial spaceflights," said Monday that it will ship the remains of Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry into space next year. The couple's cremated remains will be sealed into specially made capsules designed to withstand the rigors of space travel . A rocket-launched spacecraft will carry the capsules , along with digitized tributes from fans. The... Read Full Story
Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away on December 18. Her son is quoted at Roddenberry.com : "My mother truly acknowledged and appreciated the fact that Star Trek fans played a vital role in keeping the Roddenberry dream alive for the past 42 years. It was her love for the fans, and their love in return, that kept her going for so long after my father passed away." - Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry, Jr.
Star Trek was one of those shows that had me glued to the TV every week as a child. I'd lay... Read Full Story
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December 18, 2008
Majel Barrett Roddenberry is exploring a strange new world, going where too many good people have gone before. The “First Lady of Star Trek” widow of creator Gene Roddenberry died Thursday at age 76.
The actress appeared in numerous “Star Trek” TV shows, including Nurse Christine Chapel in the original series, Lwaxana Troi in the Next Generation and the voice of the Enterprise Computer in nearly every incarnation. She died of leukemia at... Read Full Story
Gene Roddenberry - the creator of Star Trek - will next year be 'buried' in space with his wife. When Roddenberry died in 1991 his partner commissioned a company that specializes in "memorial spaceflights" to fulfill their dream of journeying through space together. Over the past 17 years Celestis have developed rockets and capsules which can carry up to 7 grams of cremated remains into deep space. Now after Majel Roddenberry passed away in December of last year they will finally fly through... Read Full Story
"MAJEL BARRETT-RODDENBERRY, the actress widow of STAR TREK creator GENE RODDENBERRY, has died at the age of 76. Barrett-Roddenberry lost her battle with leukaemia at her Bel-Air, California home on Thursday (18Dec08) afternoon, her representative confirms. Her son Rod was by her side, reports Access Hollywood. Barrett-Roddenberry starred in TV shows Bonanza, Leave it to Beaver, and The Lucy Show during her acting career - but she will be best remembered for her association with the Star Trek... Read Full Story
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