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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGrace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Janice Rand on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 85
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Actress Grace Lee Whitney, who was most well known for playing Yeoman Janice Rand on the original Star Trek series, died May 1 in Coarsegold, Calif. She was 85.
A recovering alcoholic, she helped many people with addiction problems through womens prisons or the Salvation Army. Her family told NBC News that she would prefer to be remembered more as a successful survivor of addiction than for her Star Trek fame.
Her death was announced by StarTrek.com, which recounted that she was dropped from the show after the eight first episodes and turned to drugs and alcohol before getting treatment and regaining her career with help from Leonard Nimoy.
Whitney was cast as the personal assistant to William Shatners Captain Kirk in the first season of Star Trek in 1966. She told StarTrek.com about her characters crush on Kirk, It could not be consummated. It had to be love from afar, an unrequited love between the captain and me.
She returned for the movie franchise starting with 1979s Star Trek: The Motion Picture, with a promotion to chief petty officer, then in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and she was finally promoted to lieutenant in 1991s Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/grace-lee-whitney-dead-dies-yeoman-janice-rand-star-trek-1201486464/
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Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Janice Rand on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 85 (Original Post)
Liberal_in_LA
May 2015
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3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)1. Yet another TOS crew member...
...now exploring whatever it is that comes next. Go in peace.
louis-t
(23,292 posts)2. Wow, she was already 36 when the show began.
Looked much younger. She was probably older than Shatner.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)3. surprised me also. thought she was a teen