# RIP Nurse Chapel, Lwaxana Troi, Computer Voice **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812 "2008-12-18T21:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/41 "2008-12-19T01:08:14Z")
> [@zev\_steinhardt](#): > > Personally, I thought that Number One (from The Cage) and Nurse Chapel were blah characters. Lwaxana, however, was a great character. She did a great job with her. Lwaxana Troi was indeed a great character and Majel Barrett played her perfectly. She injected life into what was often a very sterile, dry show. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/42 "2008-12-19T01:17:03Z")
I am sorry to know of this. From the original series on, she has remained my favorite actress of the entire Star Trek “family”, not because of her acting _skills_ per se, but her quiet empathy. Will she join her husband in space? Anyone know? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/43 "2008-12-19T02:05:45Z")
Damn, they’re going quick now aren’t they. Of the remaining George Takei is the youngster at 71. Walter Koenig is 72. Shatner & Nimoy are 77 already. Nichelle Nichols is about to turn 76. It is amazing looking at [her credits](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000854/)and realizing just how much Star Trek was her life. A sad day, Jim ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/44 "2008-12-19T02:14:35Z")
:holds up a candle in requiem: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/45 "2008-12-19T02:23:15Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Damn, it’s sad she’s gone. I hope she’s with Gene somewhere, despite Roddenberry’s beliefs. > > And yes, she was in all five series. Six. She did voicework in the Animated Series as well. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/46 "2008-12-19T04:50:23Z")
I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one who loved Lwaxana. RIP, Majel. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/47 "2008-12-19T06:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Every one of us has a thousand different kinds of tiny people inside us. Some of them want to get out and be wild; some want to be sad, or happy, or inventive or even go dancing. That’s why we have different urges at different times. And all those different little people inside us? We must never be afraid to take them with us wherever we go. Who knows when we might need one of them to pop up and rescue us from ourselves. Variety, my little Alex. The great secret is not the variety of life; but the variety of us! - Lwaxana Troi, “Cost of Living” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/48 "2008-12-19T06:30:35Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Damn, it’s sad she’s gone. I hope she’s with Gene somewhere, despite Roddenberry’s beliefs. > > And yes, she was in all five series. Or at least her voice was. In the Enterprise two-parter, “In A Mirror, Darkly,” she provided the computer’s voice for the mirror universe’s U.S.S. Defiant, the Constitution-class vessel and sister ship to the Enterprise NCC-1701 which disappeared in Tholian space. > [@jayjay](#): > > Six. She did voicework in the Animated Series as well. Yes, you’re right. I even have the complete animated series box set. I was referring to the five live-action series, which were different incarnations. I considered the animated series as an extension of the original series, when rightly, it should be numbered on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/49 "2008-12-19T06:43:26Z")
I was just reading an article only a couple days ago about how she was doing the computer voice in the new Star Trek movie. There was no mention of her being ill so I was shocked to hear of her passing. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/50 "2008-12-19T07:31:03Z")
One of the articles said it was a “short battle” with leukemia - must have been extremely aggressive. The Wikipedia entry for her has a picture taken in '07 and she looked extremely good for 75! ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/51 "2008-12-19T07:56:30Z")
Sad news. I grew up on Star Trek and I’m so used to her being a part of it. I had no idea she was 76 - she’s always seemed an odd mix of ageless/young. She died on my birthday. It feels odd, knowing that the two will be associated in my mind now. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/52 "2008-12-19T12:58:53Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > One of the articles said it was a “short battle” with leukemia - must have been extremely aggressive. The Wikipedia entry for her has a picture taken in '07 and she looked extremely good for 75! One of the articles I read said she was diagnosed six months ago. That is a VERY short battle. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/53 "2008-12-19T13:57:27Z")
I always loved the scene from the blooper reel which showed the sick bay being tossed about, with McCoy and Chapel reeling from side to side. Suddenly McCoy grabs Chapel from behind, and clings desperately to her breasts! It’s fun to watch her dissolve with laughter towards the end of the clip. You can see it at 3:45 in this youtube link: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBQi7VXsT8Y](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBQi7VXsT8Y) I’ll miss her. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/54 "2008-12-19T14:07:39Z")
The Father & Mother of Star Trek are gone. That makes me very sad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/55 "2008-12-19T14:46:08Z")
IMHO her best episode was TNG’s “Half a Life” it gave her a rare dramatic and heartfelt role as opposed to lighter comic episodes. BTW Gene R was a dick to her, literally, he screwed anything that moved including Nichelle Nichols, then again he was cheating on his first wife with Majel. Such is Hollywood I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/56 "2008-12-19T14:48:56Z")
That’s not just Hollywood. It happens in Tulsa too. I’m glad she did the computer voice for the new film. It will give a touch of continuity that the film will need. **Quadgop** , that’s my favorite clip as well. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/57 "2008-12-19T14:50:29Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > BTW Gene R was a dick to her, literally, he screwed anything that moved including Nichelle Nichols, then again he was cheating on his first wife with Majel. Such is Hollywood I guess. It appears they lived in a different world and a different time and she was understanding of him. Maybe they both just had different values from you. She always seemed to love him. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/58 "2008-12-19T15:05:16Z")
I took an early night, else I would have seen this plastered all over the Star Trek boards I use. A real shame to know that she’s long gone when I finally get to see the new film, but a nice link to the past. Inevitable that so many of the cast and crew should now have passed away, I guess the bridge scene at the end of TWOK should answer how Trekkies should be feeling right now 🙂 > [@What\_Exit](#): > > It appears they lived in a different world and a different time and she was understanding of him. Maybe they both just had different values from you. She always seemed to love him. I got that vibe from the “Inside Star Trek” book. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/59 "2008-12-19T15:09:04Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > It appears they lived in a different world and a different time and she was understanding of him. Maybe they both just had different values from you. She always seemed to love him. I’m not judging either of them here, but it seems that when _you_ are the other woman to his first wife, you’re kind of getting a preview of what married life with him is going to be like. If Majel went ahead and married him knowing this (and, again, how could she not?) and basically agreeing to an “arrangement”, then more power to them. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812/60 "2008-12-19T18:39:36Z")
I loved the episode of Babylon 5 she appeared in. She was a Centauri woman, one of the three widows of the recently dieceased emperor. A prophetess, she told Londo Mollari what he most wanted to hear, that someday he too would be Emperor of Centauri. Then she turned to his aide, Vir Kotto, and said “and so will you!” I loved her as Lwaxana Troi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-chapel-lwaxana-troi-computer-voice/477812.md?page=4)