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Humanist
Magazine Interview
A House of Betazed Exclusive, thanks to Rod
Portfolio - (list of shows and movies he wrote)
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born Majel Lee Hudec on February 23, 1932 in Columbus, Ohio) was the late Gene Roddenberry's wife. As a result of both her marriage to Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek's creator) and the fact that she has been in every Star Trek series, she is sometimes referred to as "the First Lady of Star Trek." She married Gene in 1969 in Japan and in 1974 she gave birth to Eugene Wesley "Rod" Roddenberry Jr.
Interview- (Andromeda)
Another Interview -
Here we find out that "Ninety-eight-point-five percent" Lwaxana Troi's personality was derived from Majel.
Gene Trivia:
Birth name: Eugene Wesley
Roddenberry
Occupation: Writer, Creator
Birthday: August 19, 1921
Sign: Leo
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, USA
Date of death: October 24, 1991 (age 70)
Height: 6' 1" (1m85)
Gene's nickname was "The Great Bird of the Galaxy."
The film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) was dedicated to Gene's memory as were two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) (Unification Parts 1 and 2).
In 1997, some of Gene's ashes were sent into space, launched by a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
During WWII, Gene had a friend named Kim Noonien Singh; after the war Kim disappeared, and Gene used his name for some characters in the Star Trek series (Khan Noonien Singh from Star Trek II, and Noonien Soong from Star Trek: The Next Generation) hoping for Kim to contact him.
Gene shared the same birthday as Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) star, Jonathan Frakes.
Gene served on the Los Angeles Police Force from 1949 - 1956, his badge number was 6089.
Roddenberry was married twice. He had two children by his first wife, Eileen Rexroat (to whom he was married 26 years) -- Dawn, and the late Darleen.
Gene Roddenberry was as a secular humanist.
After his death, a lipstick-sized capsule of his ashes was sent into space to orbit the earth for six years (after which they burned up in the earth's atmosphere).
There is an asteroid named in his honor called 4659 Roddenberry.
Since his death, two of his science fiction projects, Earth: Final Conflict and Andromeda, have become reality under the guidance of his wife, Majel Barrett.
October 4 Declared "Roddenberry Day" in El Paso
A quote from Majel Barrett Roddenberry: "Gene always said he was a learner, not a teacher, and he liked nothing better than to have someone disagree with him because as he said, 'Think of the avenues that become open to you that way.'"
Because of its racially integrated cast, "Star Trek" was given an Image award by the NAACP.
Gene Roddenberry received awards from many professional and civic organizations, including the Writers Guild of America and the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
He was a member of those, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Humanist Association, the Association of Professional Law Enforcement, and the Explorers Club of New York.
Family:
Brother: Robert Roddenberry.
Daughter: Darleen Incopero. born c. 1947; mother, Eileen Rexroat; died on
October 29, 1995 from injuries sustained in car accident in Las Vegas, Nevada
Daughter: Dawn Compton. mother, Eileen Rexroat; disinherited by court ruling because she challenged her father's will
Father: Eugene Edward Roddenberry.
Mother: Carolyn Glen Roddenberry. survived son
Sister: Doris Roddenberry. survived him
Son: Eugene Roddenberry. mother, Majel Barrett; born c. 1975
Education:
Columbia University, New York, New York, literature, 1945-49
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, aeronautical engineering
Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, California, pre-law
Milestones:
1923 Moved with parents from El Paso, TX to Los Angeles at age two (date approximate)
1941 As a second lieutenant, flew a B-17 Flying Fortess in 89 missions and sorties including Guadalcanal and Bougainville
1960 TV producing debut, "333 Montgomery" (also scripted), an installment of the anthology series "Alcoa Theater"; pilot for "Sam Benedict", a legal series (a second pilot was made and sold starring Edmond O'Brien); featured DeForest Kelley who would play Dr. McCoy in "Star Trek"
1966 Created, wrote and produced two-hour pilot for "Star Trek" starring Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Pike
1967 Produced and wrote "Police Story", an unsold pilot
1971 Feature debut, produced and wrote the comedy "Pretty Maids All in a Row", the US directing debut for French helmer Roger Vadim
1985 Presented with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first
writer-producer to be so honored
1991 "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" dedicated to the memory of Gene Roddenberry
1991 Paramount Television's new office building, housing its syndicated TV division, named the Gene Roddenberry Building in June
1991 Suffered a series of strokes which kept him away from active advisory roles on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the feature "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"
Became interested in science fiction in junior high school after reading an issue of "Astounding Stories"
Began to write short stories and poetry for flying magazines and newspapers while stationed in the South Pacific
Created and produced first TV series, "The Lieutenant", a drama about the peacetime Marine Corps
Created, executive produced and wrote episodes of "Star Trek", the landmark sci-fi adventure series
Investigated air crashes for the Air Staff upon his return from combat
Joined the Los Angeles Police Department and rose to the level of sergeant; initially assigned to the Chief's Office to work on research; became department spokesman and wrote most of Chief William Parker's early speeches; wrote freelance TV scripts; retired from police department once TV writing career was established
President, Norway Productions Inc.
Produced and wrote busted sci-fi/fantasy TV pilots for "Genesis II" (1973), "The Questor Tapes" (1974), "Planet Earth" (1974) and "Spectre" (1977)
Served as executive producer of the syndicated TV series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Volunteered for the US Army Air Corps; ordered in training as a flying cadet as WWII began
Worked as a Pan American World Airways airline pilot for four years
Worked as a freelance TV writer on such shows as "The U.S. Steel Hour", "Goodyear Theater", "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour", "Four Star Theater", "The Jane Wyman Theater", "Dragnet" and "Naked City"
Worked as head writer for the first two seasons of the hit TV Western series, "Have Gun, Will Travel"
Now Take the Gene Roddenberry Trivia Quiz
I will add Majel Trivia soon.
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