Majel Barrett
Biography
Majel Barrett was an American actress who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and took acting classes as a child. She trained in comedy with Lucille Ball, took roles on The Lucy Show and Bonanza, and had a bit part in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). She became best known in the Star Trek franchise, playing the Enterprise's unnamed first officer in the first pilot and then Nurse Christine Chapel in the original series, the animated series and two films, among them Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). She was Lwaxana Troi on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine and voiced starship computers, the only actor to work in all six televised Star Trek series. Her other films included Westworld (1973) and The Domino Principle (1977). She produced Earth: Final Conflict and Andromeda, and in 2002 the Space Foundation gave her its Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award.
76years old at death
- Born Cleveland
- Died Bel Air
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Majel Leigh Hudec and Majel Barrett-Roddenberry
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 45 years1957 to 2002
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Early training
Barrett received training in comedy from Lucille Ball while working at Desilu Studios on shows such as Bonanza, The Untouchables, The Lucy Show and The Lieutenant.
About the name
For the second Star Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Barrett took the last name Barrett instead of Hudec and put on a blonde wig to play nurse Christine Chapel.
Majel Barrett movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1986 Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fias Commander Chapel
IMDb rating 7.398K votes
Most often with
Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Nichelle Nichols's page
Walter Koenig's page
William Shatner's page
George Takei's page
Leonard Nimoy's page
DeForest Kelley's page
Also three films together1 more actor
- James DoohanTrekkies (1997), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Majel Barrett's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$355 million
5 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$139M39.3% of the total
- 2$133M37.5% of the total
- 3$67M19.0% of the total
- 4$10M2.8% of the total
- 5$5.0M1.4% of the total
Online
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