Majel Barrett-Roddenberry

go where no one has gone before majel. many series, many computers, ONE VOICE


The best of Majel Barrett-Roddenberry: video roundup
by Adam McDowell

Following Majel Barrett-Roddenberry's passage to the final frontier Thursday, our prime directive is to recognize that she didn't just appear in every Star Trek series at one time or another, she served as a sort of Queen Mum of the franchise. Herewith, a roundup of four of the best Majel moments, as available on YouTube, demonstrating how she earned the title "the first lady of Star Trek."

4. As the prim-yet-snappy voice of the computer

For almost 20 years, Barrett-Roddenberry served as the voice of the computer on various Starfleet vessels, from Jean-Luc Picard's Enterprise to Kathryn Janeway's Voyager, and back a couple centuries to Jonathan Archer's original Enterprise. Hers was the original automated voice of officialdom, at its most obnoxious when at its most polite. Skip ahead to about 1:30 in the video below for best results.