- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 1, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Died
- May 1, 2015
Grace Lee Whitney
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. Following the successful run of the show, she joined the cast in Hollywood, where she recreated the role in the 1954 movie of the same name. In Los Angeles, Whitney…
Filmography
movieThe Captains
2011 · Self
movieBring Back... Star Trek
2009 · Self
movieStar Trek: Of Gods and Men
2007 · Janice Rand
tvBring Back...
2005 · Self
tvStar Trek: Voyager
1995 · Commander Janice Rand
tvDiagnosis: Murder
1993 · Encounter Group Abductee
movieStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 · Excelsior Communications Officer
movieStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986 · Commander Rand
movieStar Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984 · Commander Janice Rand (Woman in Cafeteria)
movieThe Kid with the 200 I.Q.
1983
movieStar Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 · CPO Janice Rand
tvHart to Hart
1979 · Chic Lady
tvCannon
1971
tvThe Name of the Game
1968 · Suzette
tvThe Outsider
1968
movieWay Down Cellar
1968 · Velma
tvMannix
1967 · Gloria
tvCimarron Strip
1967 · Katie
movieIronside
1967 · Stripper (uncredited)
tvRango
1967
tvStar Trek
1966 · Janice Rand
tvBatman
1966 · Neila
tvThe Big Valley
1965 · Maggie
tvRun for Your Life
1965 · Billie, Millie
tvBewitched
1964 · Babs Livingston
movieThe Man from Galveston
1963 · Texas Rose
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Mona
tvTemple Houston
1963 · Tangerine O'Shea
tvThe Outer Limits
1963 · Carla Duveen
tvArrest and Trial
1963 · , Sally Burns
movieCritic's Choice
1963 · Minor Role
movieIrma la Douce
1963 · Kiki
tvThe Eleventh Hour
1962 · Dawn
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Nina, Heather
tvSam Benedict
1962 · Susan Craig
movieA Public Affair
1962 · Tracey Phillips
moviePocketful of Miracles
1961 · Queenie's Broad (uncredited)
Peter Loves Mary
1960 · Roxanne Jones
tvSurfside 6
1960 · , Bernice
tvThe Detectives
1959 · , Susie
tvThe Untouchables
1959 · Fran, Penny
movieSome Like It Hot
1959 · Rosella (uncredited)
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · , Natasha, April
tvBat Masterson
1958 · Louise Talbot
tvThe Rifleman
1958
movieThe Naked and the Dead
1958 · Girl in Dream Sequence
tvThe Walter Winchell File
1957
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Ellen
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Pearl
tvThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Saloon Girl
movieTop Banana
1954 · Miss Holland (uncredited)
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Audrey Henderson
tvDeath Valley Days
1952 · Verna
movieThe Texan Meets Calamity Jane
1950 · Cecelia Mullen