GRACE LEE WHITNEY

Grace Lee Whitney
Grace Lee Whitney
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: April 1, 1930
Deathday: May 1, 2015
Place of Birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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.

Filmography

Starring

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Commander Janice Rand
Encounter Group Abductee
Excelsior Communications Officer
Commander Rand
Commander Janice Rand (Woman in Cafeteria)
Chic Lady
CPO Janice Rand
1971·
Cannon
Velma
Katie
1967·
Mannix
Gloria
1967·
Rango
1967·
Ironside
Stripper (uncredited)
1966·
Batman
Neila
1966·
Star Trek
Janice Rand
Millie, Billie
Maggie
1964·
Bewitched
Babs Livingston
Sally Burns
Tangerine O'Shea
Carla Duveen
Minor Role
Kiki
Texas Rose
Susan Craig
Heather, Nina
Tracey Phillips
Queenie's Broad (uncredited)
Bernice
Roxanne Jones
Penny, Fran
Susie
Rosella (uncredited)
April, Natasha
Louise Talbot
Girl in Dream Sequence
1955·
Gunsmoke
Pearl
Miss Holland (uncredited)
Audrey Henderson
Cecelia Mullen