Grace Lee Whitney

In Loving Memory of our dear friend
Grace Lee Whitney
April 1, 1930 – May 1, 2015

Grace with Marc Cushman at the 2014 Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas

     In a career that spanned Broadway (Top Banana), movies (Some Like It Hot), and countless television shows(77 Sunset Strip, Outer Limits, Batman among so many others), Grace Lee Whitney worked with some of the top names in the entertainment business.  Her 13 episodes of Star Trek (including such classic episodes as "Miri" and "Charlie X") have secured her a place in Star Trek history - as her popularity with the fans attests.  When not enjoying the peace and serenity of her home near Yosemite National Park, she was sharing the message of hope and sobriety at Star Trek conventions, in prisons and jails, and on talk shows. 

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The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy
by Grace Lee Whitney & Jim Denney, Foreword by Leonard Nimoy

    She opened for jazz great Billie Holiday, shared the set with Marilyn Monroe, and flirted on-screen with Jack Lemmon. In her dream role, Gene Roddenberry beamed her aboard the Starship Enterprise as Yeoman Janice Rand in the original Star Trek series. But a terrifying sexual assault on the studio lot and her lifelong feelings of emptiness and isolation would soon combine to turn her starry dream into a nightmare.