http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/majelbarrettroddenberry http://io9.com/tag/majelbarrettroddenberry Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the most ubiquitous actor in Star Trek, died today at age 76. The wife of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, she also provided the computer voices on every version of Trek. And she played three pivotal characters: Number One in the pilot, Nurse Chapel in the original series, and Lwaxana Troi in TNG and DS9. She was providing the computer voices for the new Trek movie, and it's not clear if she had finished recording them. [Trek Movie]

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5113721&view=rss&microfeed=true You'll get a little thrill of nostalgia every time the computer speaks up in J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek movie. (Or, depending on how you feel about Deanna Troi's mother Lwaxana, a twinge of annoyance.) Majel Barrett Roddenberry, widow of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and voice of all Trek computers since the Next Generation series, will voice the computers in the new movie. (She also played Number One in the original pilot, Nurse Chapel in the original series, and Lwaxana Troi in TNG and Deep Space Nine.) [TrekWeb]

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