Actor
Grace Lee Whitney
April 1, 1930 · Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Grace Lee Whitney (April 1, 1930 - May 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Janice Rand on the original Star Trek television series and subsequent Star Trek films. Born Mary Ann Chase, she was adopted by the Whitney family, who changed her name to Grace Elaine. She started her entertainment career as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio at the age of fourteen. After she left home, she began to call herself Lee Whitney, eventually becoming known as Grace Lee Whitney. In her late teens, she moved to Chicago where she opened in nightclubs for Billie Holiday and Buddy Rich, and toured with the Spike Jones and Fred Waring Bands. Whitney debuted on Broadway in Top Banana, playing Miss Holland.
Notable work
8.1Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Rosella (uncredited)
6.5Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
as CPO Janice Rand
7.2Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
as Commander Rand
6.6Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
as Commander Janice Rand (Woman in Cafeteria)
8Star Trek (1966)
as Janice Rand
7Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
as Excelsior Communications Officer
7.8Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
as Commander Janice Rand
7.9Bewitched (1964)
as Babs Livingston
7.3Batman (1966)
as Neila
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