Grace Lee Whitney
Actor
Born April 1, 1930 in 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. 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 auditioned for and was cast in the starring role of Lucy Brown in the national tour of The Threepenny Opera.
Filmography
The Captains
Self
Bring Back... Star Trek
Self
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
Janice Rand
Bring Back...
Self
Star Trek: Voyager
Commander Janice Rand
Diagnosis: Murder
Encounter Group Abductee
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Excelsior Communications Officer
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Commander Rand
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Commander Janice Rand (Woman in Cafeteria)
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
CPO Janice Rand
Hart to Hart
Chic Lady
Cannon
The Name of the Game
Suzette
The Outsider
Way Down Cellar
Velma
Mannix
Gloria
Cimarron Strip
Katie
Ironside
Stripper (uncredited)
Rango
Star Trek
Janice Rand
Batman
Neila
The Big Valley
Maggie
Run for Your Life
Billie
Bewitched
Babs Livingston
The Man from Galveston
Texas Rose
Temple Houston
Tangerine O'Shea
The Outer Limits
Carla Duveen
Arrest and Trial
Critic's Choice
Minor Role
Irma la Douce
Kiki
The Eleventh Hour
Dawn
The Virginian
Nina
Sam Benedict
Susan Craig
A Public Affair
Tracey Phillips
Pocketful of Miracles
Queenie's Broad (uncredited)
Surfside 6
The Detectives
The Untouchables
Fran
Some Like It Hot
Rosella (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
Bat Masterson
Louise Talbot
The Rifleman
The Naked and the Dead
Girl in Dream Sequence
The Walter Winchell File
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ellen
Gunsmoke
Pearl
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Saloon Girl
Top Banana
Miss Holland (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
Audrey Henderson
Death Valley Days
Verna
The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
Cecelia Mullen