Star Trek's Number One Dies

By Steven Mikulan in Hollywood

Thu., Dec. 18 2008 @ 1:42PM

Majel Barrett, the tall beauty who appeared in 33 episodes of the original Star Trek

series, died of leukemia today in her Bel Air home; she was 76. After portraying the ill-starred Captain Christopher Pike's Number One officer in the show's pilot, Barrett more often played USS Enterprise Nurse Christine Chapel -- and her speech was sometimes heard as the Enterprise's computer voice.

Barrett also worked in the seemingly endless film and TV reincarnations of the show.

According to IMdB.com, she and Leonard Nimoy were the only two cast members to appear in both the first and last episodes of the original series. Barrett was married to Star Trek's creator, the late Gene Roddenberry.