Grace Lee Whitney

Personal Info

Birthday

April 1, 1930

Day of Death

2015-05-01

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Amazing Grace

Gracie

Mary Ann Chase

Grace Lee Whitney

Biography

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.

Known For

Star Trek

Star Trek: Voyager

Batman

Diagnosis: Murder

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Bewitched

Mannix

The Big Valley

Filmography

2011
The Captains
as Self
2009
Bring Back... Star Trek
as Self
2007
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
as Janice Rand
1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
as Excelsior Communications Officer (Janice Rand)
1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
as Commander Rand
1984
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
as Commander Janice Rand (Woman in Cafeteria)
1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
as CPO Janice Rand
1968
Way Down Cellar
as Velma
1967
Ironside
as Stripper (uncredited)
1963
The Man from Galveston
as Texas Rose
Irma la Douce
as Kiki
Critic's Choice
as Minor Role
1962
A Public Affair
as Tracey Phillips
1961
Pocketful of Miracles
as Queenie's Broad (uncredited)
1959
Some Like It Hot
as Rosella (uncredited)
1958
The Naked and the Dead
as Girl in Dream Sequence
1954
Top Banana
as Miss Holland (uncredited)
1950
The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
as Cecelia Mullen