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  Grace Lee Whitney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grace Lee Whitney greets a fan at a Star Trek convention (circa 1980).
Grace Lee Whitney (born Mary Ann Chase, April 1, 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American actress.
Whitney started her entertainment career as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio.
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 Billie Rae Bates -- Whitney review
But Whitney has always known why she was jettisoned, and the loss of that role, despite other acting jobs she had, sent her on a downward spiral into addiction.
Whitney paints an ugly picture of her life even before Trek: alcoholism, sex addiction, eating disorders, an incident right here on Grand River Avenue in Detroit when she believes she killed a man with her car but was too drunk and scared to go back and find out.
Whitney explains, however, that her problems had an emotional basis: the need for family, the need to belong, the deep need to feel human and loved.
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 Dragon*Con Biography: [Grace Lee Whitney]
By the time she was cast as Yeoman Rand, Whitney had already achieved what many would consider a successful career.
Today, thirty years later, Grace Lee Whitney is clean, sober and still has a figure that would drive Charlie X wild.
Whitney's new autobiography The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy (Quill Driver Books), is the story of her lifelong battle to be a "good girl," and her hunger for a sense of belonging and acceptance.
www.dragoncon.org /people/whitneg.html   (566 words)

  
 Grace Lee Whitney - MovieActors.com
Grace Lee Whitney was born on April 1, 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Scott Whitney is Grace Lee Whitney son, he had two uncredited role following in his mothers 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.
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.
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 GRACE LEE WHITNEY
Grace Lee Whitney is a versatile actress and vocalist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Grace debuted on Broadway in "Top Banana", and subsequently appeared in the United Artists film.
Grace is probably best known for her portrayal of 'Janice Rand' in the original "Star Trek" series and films.
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 Captain Grace Lee Whitney
Whitney is a Messianic Jewish Christian, and has a tremendous testimony of her victory over alcoholism.
She attended Overcomer's Outreach meetings at the Church on the Way in Van Nuys, CA, and was baptized by Dr.
Whitney the honorary command of a starship: The USS Jerusalem (NCC-7777).
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 Grace Lee Whitney - Memory Alpha
Grace Lee Whitney was featured on Star Trek as Yeoman Janice Rand under Captain James T. Kirk (TOS) and Communications Officer under Captain Hikaru Sulu.
It was on the Friday night end-of-the-week party after filming "Miri" that Grace Lee Whitney was sexually assaulted by a member of the show whom she identifies only as "The Executive" in her autobiography The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy.
She was fired soon after and her descent into a very messy life began, which she eventually recovered from and became a Jewish Christian.
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 Grace Lee Whitney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Grace started her entertainment career as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio.
Grace reprised her role as Janice Rand, who had received a promotion to Chief Petty Officer (CPO), in (1979).
Grace appeared again in (1986) and (1991), with another promotion, as Commander Janice Rand.
www.whitneygen.org /archives/biography/grace.html   (176 words)

  
 TrekToday - Grace Lee Whitney Talks Trek At Book Signing
Whitney's stint on Star Trek came to an end when she was fired after drinking too much the night before filming an episode.
This was compounded by the fact that it was difficult for her to watch another actress reciting the lines meant for her character.
Despite her past troubles, Whitney said she was happy with her life, and "glad that I'm a recovered alcoholic," because she has learned so much.
www.trektoday.com /news/300602_02.shtml   (965 words)

  
 Voyager Winding Down, But Conventions Stay Strong
Whitney said she would like to work with
"I'm the poster girl for the geriatric generation," said Whitney, who was promoting her autobiography, The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy.
Whitney attributed the continuing fascination with all things Star Trek to the approachability of the stars.
www.space.com /sciencefiction/tv/trek_conventions_010124_wg.html   (268 words)

  
 Grace Lee Whitney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Grace Lee Whitney is a versatile actress and vocalist born in Ann Arbor...
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 Grace Lee Whitney: THE LONGEST TREK
So I was already a Grace Lee Whitney fan when I approached her about the possibility of putting the story of her life into a book.
Knowing Grace and working with her on this book has certainly impacted my life in a powerful way.
This is Grace's own site, and everything you order from her site comes directly from Grace Lee Whitney herself.
www.denneybooks.com /longtrek.html   (785 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Biography
Grace Lee Whitney was born Mary Ann Chase in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Whitney has made guest appearances on over 30 different television series and many movies, including "Some Like It Hot" with Marilyn Monroe.
But she is best known for her portrayal of "Yeoman Janice Rand" in the first season of the original Star Trek series and four films, as well as the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback."
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/library/cast/bio/484.html   (191 words)

  
 TrekTrak 1999 Photo Album   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Above and below: On a somber note, Grace Lee Whitney describes the memorial service held for her old friend, DeForest Kelley, a.k.a.
Above and below: Grace Lee Whitney ponders whether she has been “outranked” by her son, a Captain and pilot for a commercial airlines.
Above: Grace Lee Whitney hopes that her friend and colleague, George Takei, is successful in launching a new
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 eBay - grace lee whitney, Trading Cards, Autographs items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
RARE early photo of GRACE LEE WHITNEY in a bikini!!
GRACE LEE WHITNEY Signed Star Trek Pic w/ SSG COA PROOF
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 TrekToday - Grace Lee Whitney Supports 'Excelsior' Series
At the con, which was attended by over 900 fans, Whitney made some interesting statements about what and who she would like to see in the new Star Trek series - herself!
However, after the campaign failed to get more than a few dozen people to attend a protest rally at Paramount interest in the campaign seemed to die down quickly, and over the past few months the Deep Space Nine: Horizons campaign has been featured in the news more prominently.
Still, according to Whitney there is still a large fascination for the original Star Trek series, something which she believes is due to the approachability of its stars.
www.trektoday.com /news/250101_04.shtml   (863 words)

  
 Grace Lee Whitney Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Grace Lee Whitney Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
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 Grace Lee Whitney
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 Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman
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 Grace Lee Whitney Filmography,
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