Grace Lee Whitney

Grace Lee Whitney

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. Whitney made more than a hundred television appearances following her television dramatic debut in Cowboy G-Men in 1953; The Real McCoys, Wagon Train, Gunsmoke, Bat Masterson, The Rifleman, 77 Sunset Strip, Bewitched, Batman, and The Untouchables. During the 1950s and early 1960s, Whitney was also on live television shows including You Bet Your Life, The Red Skelton Show, The Jimmy Durante Show and The Ernie Kovacs Show. Whitney was cast as a member of the all-female band in Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot. She shared several scenes with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe, including the famed "upper berth" sequence. She had uncredited roles in House of Wax, Top Banana, The Naked and the Dead, and Pocketful of Miracles. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry cast Whitney in the role of Yeoman Janice Rand, the personal assistant to Captain James T. Kirk, in 1966. Whitney appeared in eight of the first fifteen episodes, after which she was released from contract. She had claimed that, while still under contract, she was sexually assaulted by an executive associated with the series. Later, in a public interview, she stated that Leonard Nimoy had been her main source of support during that time. She went into more details about the assault in her book The Longest Trek, but refused to name the executive, saying in the book, "This is my story, not his." Whitney returned to the Star Trek franchise in the 1970s after DeForest Kelley saw Whitney on the unemployment line and told her that fans had been asking for her at fan conventions. Whitney reprised her role as Janice Rand, who had received a promotion to chief petty officer in Star Trek: The Motion Picture). She also appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, with another promotion, as Lieutenant Commander Janice Rand. Five years later, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise, she returned in the 1996 Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback", along with George Takei. She also reprised her role in two internet Star Trek episodes. In the 1970s, she appeared in The Bold Ones, Cannon, and Hart to Hart. In 1998, she appeared in an episode of Diagnosis: Murder, which reunited her with her Star Trek colleagues George Takei, Walter Koenig and Majel Barrett.

  • Titulu: Grace Lee Whitney
  • Popularità: 3.747
  • Cunnisciutu per: Acting
  • Anniversariu: 1930-04-01
  • Locu di nascita: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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  • Cunnisciutu ancu cum'è: Amazing Grace, Gracie, Mary Ann Chase
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Grace Lee Whitney I filmi

  • 1979
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    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    6.5 1979 HD

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  • 1991
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    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

    7.008 1991 HD

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  • 1968
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    Way Down Cellar

    Way Down Cellar

    6 1968 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Man from Galveston

    The Man from Galveston

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Texan Meets Calamity Jane

    The Texan Meets Calamity Jane

    1 1950 HD

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  • 2024
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    To the Journey - Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

    To the Journey - Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1962
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    A Public Affair

    A Public Affair

    1 1962 HD

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  • 2009
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    Bring Back... Star Trek

    Bring Back... Star Trek

    3.5 2009 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

    The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

    5 1983 HD

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  • 1984
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    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

    6.58 1984 HD

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  • 1954
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    Top Banana

    Top Banana

    5 1954 HD

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  • 1967
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    Ironside

    Ironside

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1959
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    Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It Hot

    8.1 1959 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Captains

    The Captains

    6.321 2011 HD

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  • 2007
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    Star Trek: Of Gods and Men

    Star Trek: Of Gods and Men

    4.3 2007 HD

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  • 1961
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    Pocketful of Miracles

    Pocketful of Miracles

    7.3 1961 HD

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  • 1986
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    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

    7.1 1986 HD

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  • 1963
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    Irma la Douce

    Irma la Douce

    7.422 1963 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

    5.9 1958 HD

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  • 1963
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    Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

    5.5 1963 HD

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  • 1966
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    Star Trek

    Star Trek

    8.035 1966 HD

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  • 1958
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    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

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  • 1995
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    Star Trek: Voyager

    Star Trek: Voyager

    7.788 1995 HD

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  • 1966
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    Batman

    Batman

    7.298 1966 HD

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  • 1967
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    Mannix

    Mannix

    6.7 1967 HD

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  • 1960
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    Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

    5 1960 HD

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  • 1979
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    Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

    6.8 1979 HD

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

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  • 1963
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    Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

    5 1963 HD

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

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  • 1971
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    Cannon

    Cannon

    6.455 1971 HD

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  • 2005
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    Bring Back...

    Bring Back...

    6 2005 HD

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  • 1965
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    Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

    7.167 1965 HD

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  • 1967
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    Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

    5.045 1967 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.429 1962 HD

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  • 1963
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    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Eleventh Hour

    The Eleventh Hour

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS5 E26

    The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

    7 1958 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS3 E34

    Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

    6.3 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Detectives

    The Detectives

    5.6 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    5.5 1956 HD

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  • 1967
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    Rango

    Rango

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Walter Winchell File

    The Walter Winchell File

    5 1957 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

    7.8 1963 HD

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  • 1993
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    Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

    7.1 1993 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Outsider

    The Outsider

    5.2 1968 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    6.7 1955 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

    7.8 1959 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS1 E26

    Temple Houston

    Temple Houston

    5.7 1963 HD

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  • 1968
    imgS3 E24

    The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

    6.8 1968 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS1 E41

    Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

    5 1963 HD

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  • 1965
    imgS3 E26

    Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

    7.167 1965 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS3 E29

    The Detectives

    The Detectives

    5.6 1959 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS6 E20

    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

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  • 1962
    imgS9 E24

    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.429 1962 HD

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  • 1952
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    Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

    6.4 1952 HD

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