It is with great sadness that I must note the passage of the First Lady of Science Fiction, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. She died last night of leukemia at the age of 76.
Roddenberry also played Nurse Christine Chapel in the original "Star Trek" 1960s TV series and had smaller roles in many of its successors. She was the voice of the USS Enterprise computer in almost every incarnation of the series, reprising the role in the "Star Trek" movie directed by J.J. Abrams that is due out in May.
After her husband's death in 1991, Roddenberry continued to promote the "Star Trek" legacy at conventions. She also was the executive producer for two unrelated TV science fiction series, "Andromeda" and "Earth: Final Conflict."
Roddenberry began her acting career in the 1950's with roles on such shows as "Leave It to Beaver," "Bonanza" and "The Lucy Show."
She was a class act. She kept pushing science fiction out to the hungry masses, unlike those who chose rather to appear on tasteless game shows (yeah, I'm talking about you, Shatner).
hi all,
she also had a guest appearance on babylon 5, playing the dead centauri emperor's seeress wife, giving londo and vir much to think about ... RIP
Posted by: elizzar | 21 December 2008 at 03:52 PM