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Grace Lee Whitney (born Mary Ann Chase; April 1, 1930 – May 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer. She played Janice Rand on the original Star Trek television series and subsequent Star Trek films.
Grace Lee Whitney was a versatile actress and vocalist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Beginning as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio, she soon opened in nightclubs for Billie Holiday and Buddy Rich, and toured with the Spike Jones and Fred Waring Bands.
Grace Lee Whitney was a versatile actress and vocalist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Beginning as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio, she soon opened in nightclubs for Billie Holiday and Buddy Rich, and toured with the Spike Jones and Fred Waring Bands.
May 4, 2015 · Grace Lee Whitney — better known as Captain Kirk’s sometime love interest, Yeoman Janice Rand — died of natural causes at her home in California, her son Jonathan Dweck told the Associated ...
Grace Lee Whitney was an American actress and singer best known by the public for her role as Janice Rand in early episodes of the original Star Trek. At age 14, she began her career as a “girl singer” on Detroit’s WJR radio.
Jan 25, 2024 · Actress Grace Lee Whitney, who played Rand, later revealed that she was sexually assaulted by a studio executive on the set of Star Trek, which she believes played a role in her departure from the show.
May 6, 2015 · "Star Trek" actress Grace Lee Whitney — who played Janice Rand, yeoman to Captain Kirk — has died at age 85. According to the Associated Press, Whitney died peacefully in her home in...
May 3, 2015 · Whitney, a blue-eyed blond beauty, represented one of Star Trek’s greatest cautionary tales and also one of the franchise's most satisfying renaissance stories.
May 4, 2015 · Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk's assistant on the original "Star Trek" series, has died. She was 85. Whitney died of natural causes Friday in her home in the...
May 5, 2015 · Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk’s assistant, Yeoman Janice Rand, on the original “Star Trek” series, died on Friday at her home in Coarsegold, Calif. She was 85.
