Grace Lee Whitney was born on April 1, 1930
in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Sometime Grace Lee Whitney is credited as Grace
Whitnet, Grace Elaine Whitney, Lee Whitney or Ruth Whitney.
Although her birth name is Mary Ann Chase.
Scott Whitney is Grace Lee Whitney's son, Scott had
two uncredited roles following in his mother's footsteps he
was on the TV series STAR TREK: TOS as a small boy in 1966,
and in 1979 he was in the movie STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE
as a Vulcan Medic.
Making her Broadway debut Grace Lee Whitney
took her first part in TOP BANANA.
Probably Grace's most well known role is playing
Commander Janice Rand in the cult classic STAR TREK movies.
It all started for Grace in 1979's movie STAR TREK: THE MOTION
PICTURE, then in 1984 STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK,
the next movie was 1986 STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME, the
last movie was in 1991 STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.
Grace Lee Whitney wrote an autobiography titled
The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy.
Playing the same role that made her a legend
with Trek fan's. Grace Lee Whitney has been on several of
the TV episodes in the STAR TREK series, the first was in
1966 on the series STAR TREK:TOS and years later in 1996 Grace
Lee Whitney was on a episode of the STAR TEK: VOYAGER series
playing the same role of Commander Janice Rand.
Taking several uncredited roles Grace Lee Whitney
was in films like POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES (1961), SOME LIKE
IT HOT (1959), THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, RIDING SHOTGUN AND
TOP BANANA.
Grace Lee Whitney's other notable credits include...
