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Grace Lee Whitney

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Grace Lee Whitney is a versatile actress and vocalist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Beginning as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio, she soon opened in clubs for the likes of Billie Holiday and Buddy Rich, and toured with the Spike Jones Band. Grace debuted on Broadway in "Top Banana", and subsequently appeared in the United Artists film Top Banana... See full bio »

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Mary Ann Chase
in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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2007 Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (video)
Janice Rand
 
2007 Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II (TV series)
Janice Rand
– World Enough and Time (2007) … Janice Rand
 
1998 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)
Encounter Group Abductee
– Alienated (1998) … Encounter Group Abductee
 
1996 Star Trek: Voyager (TV series)
Commander Janice Rand
– Flashback (1996) … Commander Janice Rand
 
1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Excelsior Communications Officer
 
1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Commander Rand
 
1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Woman in Cafeteria
 
1983 The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (TV movie)
 
1980 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Chic Lady
– Does She or Doesn't She? (1980) … Chic Lady
 
1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Janice Rand
 
1978 The Next Step Beyond (TV series)
Dr. Dorothy Alsworth
– The Confession (1978) … Dr. Dorothy Alsworth
 
1974 Cannon (TV series)
Ida
– The Deadly Trail (1974) … Ida
 
1970 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV series)
Blonde
– Point of Honor (1970) … Blonde
 
1969 The Outsider (TV series)
Claire
– The Secret of Mareno Bay (1969) … Claire
 
1963-1968 The Virginian (TV series)
Heather / Nina
– The Mustangers (1968) … Heather
– Echo of Another Day (1963) … Nina
 
1962-1968 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Angela / Della
– Tall Heart, Short Temper (1968)
– Out of the Valley of Death (1968) … Angela
– The Last Shot (1962) … Della
 
1968 The Big Valley (TV series)
Maggie
– Run of the Savage (1968) … Maggie
 
1968 Mannix (TV series)
Gloria
– Another Final Exit (1968) … Gloria
 
1968 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Katie
– Knife in the Darkness (1968) … Katie
 
1968 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Velma
– Way Down Cellar: Part 2 (1968) … Velma
– Way Down Cellar: Part 1 (1968) … Velma
 
1967 Police Story (TV movie)
Sgt. Lilly Monroe
 
1967 Ironside (TV series)
Stripper
– Pilot (1967) … Stripper
 
1967 Rango (TV series)
– My Teepee Runneth Over (1967)
 
1967 Batman (TV series)
Neila
– Batman's Waterloo (1967) … Neila
– King Tut's Coup (1967) … Neila
 
1965-1967 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Billie / Millie
– The List of Alice McKenna (1967) … Billie
– Never Pick Up a Stranger (1965) … Millie
 
1966 Star Trek (TV series)
Yeoman Janice Rand
– Balance of Terror (1966) … Yeoman Janice Rand
– The Conscience of the King (1966) … Yeoman Janice Rand
– The Corbomite Maneuver (1966) … Yeoman Janice Rand
– Miri (1966) … Yeoman Janice Rand
– The Enemy Within (1966) … Yeoman Janice Rand
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1965 No Time for Sergeants (TV series)
– Target: Stockdale (1965)
 
1964 Bewitched (TV series)
Babs Livingston
– It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1964) … Babs Livingston
 
1964 Temple Houston (TV series)
Tangerine O'Shea
– Do Unto Others, Then Gallop (1964) … Tangerine O'Shea
 
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Mona
– White Snow, Red Ice (1964) … Mona
 
1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
Nora
– The Andrew Elliott Story (1964) … Nora
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Sally Burns
– An Echo of Conscience (1964) … Sally Burns
 
1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Carla Duveen
– Controlled Experiment (1964) … Carla Duveen
 
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Blonde
– The Name of the Game (1963) … Blonde
 
1963 The Man from Galveston
Texas Rose
 
1961-1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
April / Binnie Clark / Flame / …
– 88 Bars (1963) … Natasha
– The Left Field Caper (1963) … Flame
– Falling Stars (1963) … Binnie Clark
– Penthouse on Skid Row (1962) … Mimi Frazer
– The Missing Daddy Caper (1961) … April
 
1963 Irma la Douce
Kiki the Cossack
 
1962-1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
Fran / Penny
– Line of Fire (1963) … Fran
– The Night They Shot Santa Claus (1962) … Penny
 
1963 Critic's Choice
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1962 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Babs Livingston
– Hastings' Farewell (1962) … Babs Livingston
 
1962 Ensign O'Toole (TV series)
Rita Shaw
– Operation: Benefit (1962) … Rita Shaw
 
1961-1962 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Lorraine Eldridge / Wendy
– The Neutral Corner (1962) … Wendy
– Count Seven! (1961) … Lorraine Eldridge
 
1962 The New Breed (TV series)
Beth
– Walk This Street Lightly (1962) … Beth
 
1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
Circus Blonde
– The Good Fight (1962) … Circus Blonde (uncredited)
 
1962 A Public Affair
Tracey Phillips
 
1962 The Rifleman (TV series)
Rose
– Tinhorn (1962) … Rose
 
1962 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Pearl
– Reprisal (1962) … Pearl
 
1962 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Marcia Vail
– A Scent of Whales (1962) … Marcia Vail
 
1961-1962 The Detectives (TV series)
Darlene / Susie Jackson
– Night on the Town (1962) … Darlene
– Hit and Miss (1961) … Susie Jackson
 
1961-1962 The Roaring 20's (TV series)
Ginger / Lily
– Footlights (1962) … Lily
– Another Time, Another War (1961) … Ginger
 
1962 King of Diamonds (TV series)
– Big Brother (1962)
 
1961 Pocketful of Miracles
Queenie's 'Broad' in Black Dress (uncredited)
 
1961 Hennesey (TV series)
– Going Home (1961)
 
1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Audrey Henderson
– Call to Danger (1961) … Audrey Henderson
 
1961 The Real McCoys (TV series)
Mrs. Lomax
– The Handsome Salesman (1961) … Mrs. Lomax
 
1961 Michael Shayne (TV series)
Ginnie Maxwell / Gloria
– No Shroud for Shayne (1961) … Gloria
– Four Lethal Ladies (1961) … Ginnie Maxwell
 
1961 The Islanders (TV series)
Barbara
– The World Is Her Oyster (1961) … Barbara
 
1961 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Louise Talbot
– The Good and the Bad (1961) … Louise Talbot
 
1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Ellen
– Honor Bright (1961) … Ellen
 
1960 Overland Trail (TV series)
Saloon Girl
– Fire in the Hole (1960) … Saloon Girl (as Grace Whitney)
 
1959 Some Like It Hot
Band Member (uncredited)
 
1958 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Saloon Girl
– Kill the Editor (1958) … Saloon Girl (as Ruth Whitney)
 
1958 The Naked and the Dead
GIrl in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
 
1958 Mike Hammer (TV series)
Tempest Flame
– A Detective Tail (1958) … Tempest Flame (as Grace Whitney)
 
1958 The Walter Winchell File (TV series)
Midge
– Night People (1958) … Midge (as Lee Whitney)
 
1955 Strange Lady in Town
Brunette (uncredited)
 
1955 Women's Prison
Inmate (uncredited)
 
1954 Riding Shotgun
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
 
1954 Top Banana
Miss Holland (uncredited)
 
1953 Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Mrs. Stiver (as Ruth Whitney)
 
1953 House of Wax
Can Can Dancer (uncredited)
 
1953 Cowboy G-Men (TV series)
Saloon girl
– Hangfire (1953) … Saloon girl (as Ruth Whitney)
 
1950 The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
Cecelia Mullen (as Ruth Whitney)
 
1947 Mystery Range
Laura Lambert (as Ruth Whitney)
 
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2000 Spotlight on Grace Lee Whitney (TV movie) (writer: "USS Enterprise", "Venice to Balboa" / performer: "USS Enterprise", "Venice to Balboa")
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2000 Spotlight on Grace Lee Whitney (TV movie)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2012 Get a Life! (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2011 The Captains (documentary) (the producers wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2011 The Captains (documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Bring Back... Star Trek (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Spotlight on Grace Lee Whitney (TV movie)
Herself
 
1997 Trekkies (documentary)
Herself
 
1956 Queen for a Day (TV series)
Contestant escort
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 How William Shatner Changed the World (TV documentary)
Yeoman Janice Rand
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1953) Stage: Appeared in "Top Banana" on Broadway. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 3 Interviews  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Grace Elaine Whitney | Grace Whitney | Lee Whitney | Ruth Whitney

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[about the famous 'Yeoman Rand' basketweave hairdo from the original Star Trek series] It was so heavy it kept listing to the left, I swear they had to nail that thing to my head! It was gorgeous Max Factor hair. It cost a lot of money and somebody stole it. I still have visions of that damn wig turning up... See more »

Trivia:

Mother of actor Scott Whitney. See more »

Trademark:

Voluptuous figure See more »

Nickname:

Amazing Grace See more »

Star Sign:

Aries