Grace Lee Whitney[Filmography](Dead at age 85)
The world has lost a good person and a great set of Gams. See pic behind the pic.
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| Star Trek' Actress Grace Lee Whitney Dies At 85 |
| 2015-05-04 |
| LOS ANGELES – Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk's assistant on the original "Star Trek" series, has died. She was 85. Whitney died of natural causes Friday in her home in the Central California town of Coarsegold, about 50 miles north of Fresno, her son Jonathan Dweck said on Sunday. Whitney played Yeoman Janice Rand in the first eight episodes before being written out of the series. In her 1998 autobiography "The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy," she wrote that her acting career largely came to an end and she became an alcoholic. Dweck said his mother would have liked to be remembered more as a successful survivor of addiction than for her "Star Trek" fame. She dedicated the last 35 years of her life helping people with addiction problems, some of whom she met at "Star Trek" conventions, he said. "I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful -- collecting these shards of spirituality -- that we may be helping to bring about a healing." — Leonard Nimoy R.I.P Yeoman Janice Rand |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #6 RIP. IIRC Grace also had a cameo appearance in the original Star Trek: the Motion Picture from the late 1970's - although it wasn't clear iff she was still playing "Janice Rand", albeit older + promoted, in the scene her character's personage was watching the newly refitted ENTERPRISE leave from spacedock. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-05-04 20:07 |
| #5 She was 36 when she poised for the photo in Golf Bravo's post. Also, she went from being a Yeoman (I presume that would be an E4) to being a commander and then even made Admiral (O7 at least; of course in Star Trek the Admirals were mostly idiots). |
| Posted by: lord garth 2015-05-04 18:23 |
| #4 My kids grew up thinking her character's name was "Yeoman". Rest in Peace. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2015-05-04 13:42 |
| #3 Recognizing more and more names in the obits. Bummer. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-05-04 12:24 |
| #2 Hottie, back when |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-05-04 12:07 |
| #1 R.I.P. Grace Lee Whitney[Filmography](Dead at age 85) The world has lost a good person and a great set of Gams. See pic behind the pic. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2015-05-04 11:45 |