Actress Grace Lee Whitney, Star Trek's Yeoman Janice Rand, Has Died

Posted by Soulskill on Monday May 4, 2015 @02:32AM from the rest-in-peace dept.

SternisheFan writes: Grace Lee Whitney, the actress who played Yeoman Janice Rand on "Star Trek: The Original Series," reportedly died Friday in her home in Coarsegold, California. No cause of death has been reported. She was 85. The versatile actress and vocalist was born Mary Ann Chase in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1930. She was adopted by the Whitney family, and as a teenager, began her career in entertainment as a singer and dancer. She eventually became interested in acting and in 1966, clinched a role as Yeoman Janice Rand, a personal assistant to William Shatner's Captain James T. Kirk in the first season of the original "Star Trek" TV series.

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God bless and keep you, Yeoman Rand by Anonymous Coward · 2015-05-04 02:43 · Score: 5, Insightful

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1. Re:God bless and keep you, Yeoman Rand by cayenne8 · 2015-05-04 02:55 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Wow..I had no idea she was that old.
  I used to think she was pretty hot back on the old Star Trek days....
  Well, sounds like she had a full life....say hello to Leonard, Deforest and James for us all!!
  
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