Barrett, Majel 1939- (Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, M. Leigh Hudec, Majel Roddenberry, Majel Barrett Roddenberry)

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Barrett, Majel 1939- (Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, M. Leigh Hudec, Majel Roddenberry, Majel Barrett Roddenberry)

PERSONAL

Original name, Majel Lee Hudec; born February 23, 1939, in Columbus, OH; mother's name, Gladys; married Gene Roddenberry (a writer and producer), December 29, 1969 (died October 24, 1991); children: Eugene ("Rod") Wesley Roddenberry, Jr.; stepchildren: Darlene (deceased). Education: Attended the University of Miami; studied acting at the Cleveland Playhouse; studied comedy with Lucille Ball. Avocational Interests: Golfing, growing rare orchids, cooking, decorating.

Addresses:

Agent—CAA, 162 Fifth Ave., 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010.

Career:

Actress and producer. Active in animal rights and animal welfare causes, including work with the Gene Roddenberry Animal Sanctuary. Also affiliated with the Gene Roddenberry Center for Aerospace Medicine.

Member:

National Space Society (member of the board of governors).

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in the plays All for Mary, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA; and Idiot's Delight and The Skin of Our Teeth, both Santa Monica Playhouse, Santa Monica, CA. Performer with Wagon Wheel, a summer stock company in the Midwest; performer in theatrical productions in Bermuda.

Major Tours:

Appeared in a touring production of Solid Gold Cadillac, U.S. cities.

Film Appearances:

Hairspray demonstrator in opening credits, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (also known as Oh! for a Man!), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.

Joyce Goodwin, As Young As We Are, Paramount, 1958.

Luisa, The Black Orchid, Paramount, 1958.

The Buccaneer, Paramount, 1958.

Alice, Love in a Goldfish Bowl, Paramount, 1961.

Teresa, The Quick and the Dead, Manson Corporation, 1963.

Anne, Sylvia, Paramount, 1965.

Miss Wynn, Country Boy (also known as Here Comes That Nashville Sound), Howco International Pictures, 1966.

Mrs. Fred V., A Guide for the Married Man, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967.

Georgia Clark, Track of Thunder, United Artists, 1968.

Miss Carrie, Westworld, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973.

Mrs. Schnaible, The Domino Principle (also known as The Domino Killings and El domino principe), Avco-Embassy, 1977.

Dr. Christine Chapel, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount, 1979.

Dr. Christine Chapel, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (also known as The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV), Paramount, 1986.

Federation computer voice, Star Trek: Generations (also known as Star Trek 7), Paramount, 1994.

Henrietta, Teresa's Tattoo, Trimark Pictures, 1994.

Mrs. Withers, Mommy, VCI Home Video, 1995.

Federation computer voice, Star Trek: First Contact (also known as Star Trek 8), Paramount, 1996.

(As Majel Barrett Roddenberry) Trekkies, Paramount, 1997.

NASA Chief Suzanne O'Dell, Mars and Beyond, Cyber Sci-Fi Network, 2000.

Dr. Christine Chapel and voice of Enterprise Computer, Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime (video), 2001.

(As Majel Barrett Roddenberry) Voice of computer, Star Trek: Nemesis, Paramount, 2002.

Voice of STNV computer, Star Trek New Voyages: World Enough and Time, CBS Paramount, 2007.

Voice of Queen Robot, Hamlet A.D.D., Special Ent., 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

The Lieutenant, NBC, 1963-64.

Nurse Christine Chapel and voice of ship's computer, Star Trek, NBC, 1966-69.

The Second Hundred Years, ABC, 1967-68.

Voices of Christine Chapel and M'ess, Star Trek (animated; also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek," Star Trek: The Animated Adventures, and Star Trek: The Animated Series), NBC, 1973-75.

Bea, General Hospital, ABC, beginning in 1983.

Voices of Federation computer and Ambassador Lwaxana Troi, Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1987-94.

Federation computer voice, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9).

syndicated, 1993-99.

Voice of computer, Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 1995-2001.

(As Majel Barrett-Roddenberry) Dr. Julianne Belman, Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's "Battleground Earth", Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict", and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 1997-99.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Primus Dominic, Genesis II, 1973.

Dr. Bradley, The Questor Tapes, 1974.

Yuloff, Planet Earth, 1974.

Lilith, Spectre, 1977.

Miss Forsythe, The Man in the Santa Claus Suit, 1978.

The Suicide's Wife (also known as A New Life), CBS, 1979.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Number One, Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories, 1983.

Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special, 1991.

(As Majel Barrett Roddenberry) Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek and Beyond, Arts and Entertainment, 1994.

America Loves … Star Trek, The Nashville Network, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Desilu Revue," Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (also known as Desilu Playhouse), 1959.

Gwen Rutherford, "Beaver and Violet," Leave It to Beaver, CBS, c. 1960.

Waitress, "Little Egypt," The Untouchables, ABC, 1960.

"Eyewitness," Pete and Gladys, 1961.

Grace Newberg, "The Quick Brown Fox," Cain's Hundred, 1962.

"Lucy Is a Kangaroo for a Day," The Lucy Show (also known as The Lucille Ball Show), 1962.

Blonde woman, "Three Brides for Hoss," Bonanza, NBC, 1966.

(As M. Leigh Hudec) Number One, "The Menagerie: Parts 1 & 2," Star Trek, NBC, 1966.

"117 Ways to Cook Hamburger," Love on a Rooftop, ABC, 1966.

Lydia, "Just While You're Resting," Please Don't Eat the Daisies, NBC, 1967.

Tessa, "Lovers and Wanderers," Here Comes the Brides, 1968.

Voice of Amanda, "Yesteryear," Star Trek (animated), NBC, 1973.

Voice of cosmic cloud, "One of Our Planets Is Missing," Star Trek (animated), NBC, 1973.

Voice of the queen of hearts, "Once upon a Planet," Star Trek (animated), NBC, 1973.

Voices of Rila and Aquan females, "The Ambergris Element," Star Trek (animated), NBC, 1973.

Voice of slaver device, "The Slaver Weapon," Star Trek (animated), NBC, 1973.

Voice of Theela, "The Lorelei Signal," Star Trek (animated), NBC, 1973.

Voices of Lara and Vedalan, "The Jihad," Star Trek (animated), NBC, 1974.

Voice of Randi Bryce, "The Eye of the Beholder," Star Trek (animated), NBC, 1974.

Voice of Lwaxana Troi, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9), syndicated, 1994.

Lady Morella, "Point of No Return," Babylon 5, syndicated, 1996.

Voice of Aunt Anna Watson, "Sins of the Father, Part 1: Dr. Strange," Spider-Man (animated), Fox, 1996.

Voice of Lwaxana Troi, "The Muse," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9), syndicated, 1996.

Voice of Aunt Anna Watson, "Partners in Danger, Part 8: The Return of the Green Goblin," Spider-Man (animated), Fox, 1997.

Voice of Aunt Anna Watson, "The Wedding," Spider-Man (animated), Fox, 1997.

Encounter group leader, "Alienated," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1998.

Narrator, "Workforce: Part 2," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 2001.

(As Majel Barrett Roddenberry) Voice of ship computer, "Emission Impossible," Family Guy (also known as Padre de familia), 2001.

Voice of defiant computer, "In a Mirror, Darkly: Part 2," Enterprise (also known as Star Trek: Enterprise), 2005.

Voice of Enterprise-D computer, "These Are the Voyages," Enterprise (also known as Star Trek: Enterprise), 2005.

Also appeared as nurse, in "The Black Maria," Whirlybirds (also known as Copter Patrol); as Neva, "Drums at Midnight," The Next Step Beyond; also appeared in episodes of Ben Casey, ABC; Dr. Kildare, NBC; The Lucy Show, CBS; and 77 Sunset Strip, ABC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

(As M. Leigh Hudec) Number One, Star Trek: The Cage (also known as Star Trek; unaired), 1965.

Voice, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—Emissary, syndicated, 1992.

Federation computer voice, Star Trek: Voyager—Caretaker (also known as Caretaker), UPN, 1995.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

(As Majel Roddenberry) Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's "Battleground Earth", Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict", and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 1997-2001.

(As Majel Roddenberry) Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), NBC, 2000-2005.