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 ...

Grace Lee Whitney, 85, the futuristic-clipboard-bearing Yeoman Janice Rand on the original series of "Star Trek," died this weekend in the town of Coarsegold, California, her family confirmed.

Grace Lee Whitney ... cast members,” Dweck said. Whitney was born April 1, 1930, in Ann Arbor, Mich. She sang on Detroit radio and had small roles in episodic TV, including “77 Sunset Strip ...

Grace Lee Whitney — better known as Captain ... cast members,” Dweck said. In a 1998 book, Whitney said she had high hopes for the show. Born Mary Ann Chase in Ann Arbor, Mich., ...

Grace Lee Whitney, best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk’s (William Shatner) personal assistant in the original “Star Trek” series, and several of its subsequent films, died Friday ...

Grace Lee Whitney ... full circle.” Ms. Whitney appeared in several Star Trek films in the 1980s, according to her biography on IMDB.com, and in an episode of the TV show “Diagnosis Murder ...

but Whitney was written out after eight episodes. One of her most famous appearances on the show was fighting off an evil Kirk. Actress Grace Lee Whitney, who played the character of Yeoman Janice ...

Grace Lee Whitney has died aged 85 ... personal assistant in the first series of the show, but was dropped from the sci-fi drama after just eight episodes leading her to turn to drink and drugs.

Actress Grace Lee ... from the show after the eight first episodes and turned to drugs and alcohol before getting treatment and regaining her career with help from Leonard Nimoy. Whitney was ...

Grace Lee Whitney, known to legions of Star Trek fans as Yeoman Janice Rand, died Friday in her Coarsegold, California home at 85, her son announced today. It was through Gene Roddenberry’s ...