---
name: "Majel Barrett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/majel-barrett"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 February 1932"
died: "18 December 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-18T12:17:36.508687+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Majel Barrett

Actor. Born 23 February 1932 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Died 18 December 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 February 1932, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 18 December 2008
- **Active:** 1979–2002
- **Also known as:** M. Leigh Hudec, Majel Barrett Roddenberry
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 acting, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [DeForest Kelley](https://film.one/person/deforest-kelley.md), [George Takei](https://film.one/person/george-takei.md), [James Doohan](https://film.one/person/james-doohan.md), [Leonard Nimoy](https://film.one/person/leonard-nimoy.md), [William Shatner](https://film.one/person/william-shatner.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 64 (1), 1980s 78 (1), 1990s 72 (3), 2000s 50 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 5, Science Fiction 5, Action 3, Thriller 3, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $604m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majel_Barrett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000854/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1755

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md) (78), [*Star Trek: The Motion Picture*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md) (64)

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## Biography

Majel Barrett (also credited as M. Leigh Hudec and Majel Barrett Roddenberry) was an American actress. She appeared in the original *Star Trek* pilot as Number One and as Nurse Christine Chapel in the series (1966–1969). She reprised the role, now as Dr. Christine Chapel, in *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979) and as Commander Chapel in *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986).

Barrett voiced the onboard computer in multiple *Star Trek* series and films from 1966 to 2009. She played Lwaxana Troi in *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987–1994) and *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993–1999). She married *Star Trek* creator Gene Roddenberry in 1969; they had one son, Rod Roddenberry. After his death in 1991 she served as executive producer on the series *Earth: Final Conflict* and *Andromeda*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (5) — the average rests on these

- *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002), Fi1m 50, as Computer (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-nemesis.md)
- *Star Trek: First Contact* (1996), Fi1m 82, as Computer (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-first-contact.md)
- *Star Trek: Generations* (1994), Fi1m 48, as Computer (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-generations.md)
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Fi1m 78, as Commander Chapel — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979), Fi1m 64, as Dr. Christine Chapel — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), series, as Enterprise Computer (voice) (archive footage)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command* (2014), as Enterprise Computer (voice)
- *Hamlet A.D.D.* (2014), as Queen Robot (voice)
- *Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly* (2014), as Computer (voice)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification* (2013), as Enterprise Computer (voice)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption* (2013), as Enterprise Computer (voice)
- *Star Trek* (2009), as Starfleet Computer (voice), In Memory Of — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)
- *Spider-Man: The Venom Saga* (2005), as Anna Watson (voice)
- *Daredevil vs. Spider-Man* (2003), as Anna Watson (voice)
- *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002), as Computer (voice) — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-nemesis.md)
- *Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin* (2002), as Anna Watson (voice)
- *Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown* (2002), as Anna Watson (voice)
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, as Defiant Computer (voice)
- *Andromeda* (2000), series, Producer
- *Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion* (2000), as Narrator
- *Star Trek: Voyager - Future's End* (2000), as Computer Voice
- *Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier* (1999), as Voyager Computer (voice)
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Ship Computer (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Earth: Final Conflict* (1997), series, as Dr. Julianne Belman, Producer
- *Star Trek: First Contact* (1996), as Computer (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-first-contact.md)
- *Star Trek: Voyager - Basics* (1996), as Computer Voice
- *Mommy* (1995), as Mrs. Withers
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Voyager Computer (voice), Narrator (voice)
- *Launch of Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), as Host
- *Spider-Man* (1994), series, as Anna Watson (voice)
- *Star Trek: Generations* (1994), as Computer (voice) — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-generations.md)
- *Teresa's Tattoo* (1994), as Henrietta
- *Babylon 5* (1994), series, as Lady Morella — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Encounter Group Leader
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, Lwaxana Troi, Computer Voice (voice), Story — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Enterprise Computer (voice) / Lwaxana Troi, Lwaxana Troi, Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Computer Voice — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), as Commander Chapel — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *The Man in the Santa Claus Suit* (1979), as Miss Forsythe
- *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979), as Dr. Christine Chapel — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md)
- *The Suicide's Wife* (1979), as Clarissa Harmon
- *Spectre* (1977), as Lilith
- *The Domino Principle* (1977), as Mrs. Schnaible
- *Planet Earth* (1974), as Yuloff
- *The Questor Tapes* (1974), as Dr. Bradley
- *Star Trek* (1973), series, as Christine Chapel / Starfleet Computer (voice)
- *Westworld* (1973), as Miss Carrie
- *Genesis II* (1973), as Primus Dominic
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Hospital Announcer (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Track of Thunder* (1968), as Georgia Clark
- *The Second Hundred Years* (1967), series, as Psychiatrist
- *A Guide for the Married Man* (1967), as Mrs. Fred V
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Christine Chapel, Number One — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *Love on a Rooftop* (1966), series, Acting
- *Made in Paris* (1966), as Mrs. Prentiss
- *Country Boy* (1966), Acting
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Mrs. Derek
- *Please Don't Eat the Daisies* (1965), series, as Lydia
- *Sylvia* (1965), as Anne (uncredited)
- *Star Trek: The Cage* (1965), as Number One
- *The Lieutenant* (1963), series, as Ruth Donaldson
- *The Quick and the Dead* (1963), as Teresa
- *The Lucy Show* (1962), series, as Miss Massey
- *Cain's Hundred* (1961), series, as Grace Newberg
- *Love in a Goldfish Bowl* (1961), as Alice
- *Pete and Gladys* (1960), series, Acting
- *Johnny Midnight* (1960), series, Acting
- *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Waitress (uncredited)
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Annie Slocum, Belle Ganther
- *The Black Orchid* (1959), as Luisa
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Ilsa Grosch
- *As Young As We Are* (1958), as Joyce Goodwin
- *Leave It to Beaver* (1957), series, as Gwen Rutherford
- *Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?* (1957), as Shampoo Demonstrator (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Majel Roddenberry (aka Majel Barrett) at the Star Trek Convention, Las Vegas (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/168710/gallery-3081a99a75e6.jpg) Majel Roddenberry (aka Majel Barrett) at the Star Trek Convention, Las Vegas (2008) — Beth Madison, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Majel_Roddenberry_Star_Trek_Convention_Las_Vegas_20080814_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rod and Majel Roddenberry (aka Majel Barrett) at the Star Trek Convention, Las Vegas (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/168710/gallery-620f7ad24d4f.jpg) Rod and Majel Roddenberry (aka Majel Barrett) at the Star Trek Convention, Las Vegas (2008) — Beth Madison, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Rod_and_Majel_Roddenberry_Star_Trek_Convention_Las_Vegas_20080814.jpg/1280px-Rod_and_Majel_Roddenberry_Star_Trek_Convention_Las_Vegas_20080814.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Majel Barrett](https://film.one/media/person/168710/gallery-0d63800ec527.jpg) Majel Barrett — Image via TMDB

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