Sunday, February 24, 2013

Gene Roddenberry

Gene Rodenberry was born August 19, 1921 in El Paso, Texas, and died October 24, 1991 of heart failure in Santa Cruz, California. He lived in Bel Air California most of his life. He was married twice, his first wife was Eileen Anita Roxrout and his second wife was Majel Barrett.

Majel Berret

Majel Berret, Gene Roddenberry's wife appeared as Nurse Christine Chapel in Star Trek: The Orginal Series, provided the voice for Nurse Chapel and a few other characters in Star Trek: The Animated Series, and made memorable guest appearances as Lwakana Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Barret also provided the voice for the onboard computer system for the various Startrek television series and most of the movies  including Star Trek (2009), for which she completed her voice work only a few weeks before her death on December 18, 2009.