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TIL Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Gene Roddenberry’s wife, appeared in almost every Star Trek TV series and movies (other than Enterprise). She played Nurse Chapel, Lwaxana Troi, and the voice of the Enterprise-D and E onboard computer.

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