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name: "Grace Lee Whitney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/grace-lee-whitney"
roles: []
born: "1 April 1930"
died: "1 May 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T12:23:21.388254+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Grace Lee Whitney

Actor. Born 1 April 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Died 1 May 2015.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 April 1930, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 1 May 2015
- **Active:** 1979–1991
- **Also known as:** Amazing Grace, Gracie, Mary Ann Chase
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 64 (1), 1980s 73 (2), 1990s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 73 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Science Fiction 4, Action 2, Thriller 2, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $456m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Lee_Whitney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272214, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926298/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1759

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Star Trek: The Motion Picture*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md) (64)

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## Biography

Grace Lee Whitney (born Mary Ann Chase) was an American actress and singer. She was born on 1 April 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and died on 1 May 2015 in Coarsegold, California.

She began her career as a singer on Detroit radio and in Chicago nightclubs before appearing on Broadway in *Top Banana* (1951) and in its 1954 film adaptation. Her early film roles included an uncredited part in *Some Like It Hot* (1959). She made numerous television appearances in the 1950s and 1960s, including episodes of *Bewitched* and *Batman*.

Whitney is best known for playing Yeoman Janice Rand in the first season of the original *Star Trek* series (1966). She reprised the role, promoted to chief petty officer, in *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979) and appeared in later films in the series, including *Star Trek III: The Search for Spock* (1984), *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986) and *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), as well as an episode of *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), Fi1m 74, as Excelsior Communications Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md)
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Fi1m 78, as Commander Rand — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Star Trek III: The Search for Spock* (1984), Fi1m 68, as Commander Janice Rand (Woman in Cafeteria) — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock.md)
- *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979), Fi1m 64, as CPO Janice Rand — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Commander Janice Rand
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Encounter Group Abductee
- *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), as Excelsior Communications Officer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md)
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), as Commander Rand — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Star Trek III: The Search for Spock* (1984), as Commander Janice Rand (Woman in Cafeteria) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock.md)
- *The Kid with the 200 I.Q.* (1983), Acting
- *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979), as CPO Janice Rand — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md)
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Chic Lady
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Acting
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Suzette
- *The Outsider* (1968), series, Acting
- *Way Down Cellar* (1968), as Velma
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Gloria
- *Cimarron Strip* (1967), series, as Katie
- *Ironside* (1967), as Stripper (uncredited)
- *Rango* (1967), series, Acting
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Janice Rand — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Neila
- *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Maggie
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Billie, Millie
- *Bewitched* (1964), series, as Babs Livingston
- *The Man from Galveston* (1963), as Texas Rose
- *Temple Houston* (1963), series, as Tangerine O'Shea
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Carla Duveen
- *Arrest and Trial* (1963), series, as Sally Burns
- *Critic's Choice* (1963), Acting
- *Irma la Douce* (1963), as Kiki
- *The Eleventh Hour* (1962), series, as Dawn
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Nina, Heather
- *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, as Susan Craig
- *A Public Affair* (1962), as Tracey Phillips
- *Pocketful of Miracles* (1961), as Queenie's Broad (uncredited)
- *Peter Loves Mary* (1960), series, as Roxanne Jones
- *Surfside 6* (1960), series, as Bernice
- *The Detectives* (1959), series, as Susie
- *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Fran, Penny
- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), as Rosella (uncredited) — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Natasha, April
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Louise Talbot
- *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Acting
- *The Naked and the Dead* (1958), as Girl in Dream Sequence
- *The Walter Winchell File* (1957), series, Acting
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Ellen
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Pearl
- *The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp* (1955), series, as Saloon Girl
- *Top Banana* (1954), as Miss Holland (uncredited)
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Audrey Henderson
- *Death Valley Days* (1952), series, as Verna
- *The Texan Meets Calamity Jane* (1950), as Cecelia Mullen

## Gallery

- ![Grace Lee Whitney](https://film.one/media/person/1031846/gallery-77cd7a2c48c6.jpg) Grace Lee Whitney — Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Grace_lee_whitney_1980.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actress Grace Lee Whitney at the first Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Awards on December 5, 1976.](https://film.one/media/person/1031846/gallery-df144c078a39.jpg) Actress Grace Lee Whitney at the first Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Awards on December 5, 1976. — Will Hart from Fullerton, U.S.A. - flickr.com/photos/cthulhuwho1 - cthulhuwho1.com - youtube.com/user/CthulhuWho1, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Grace_Lee_Whitney_1976_%2801%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actress Grace Lee Whitney appearing at a science fiction convention in Houston, Texas, United States.](https://film.one/media/person/1031846/gallery-8bdeca30b6e7.jpg) Actress Grace Lee Whitney appearing at a science fiction convention in Houston, Texas, United States. — Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Grace_lee_whitney_sfcon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Grace Lee Whitney](https://film.one/media/person/1031846/gallery-3d0b940e853c.jpg) Grace Lee Whitney — Image via TMDB
- ![Grace Lee Whitney](https://film.one/media/person/1031846/gallery-d3d4126a339f.jpg) Grace Lee Whitney — Image via TMDB
- ![Grace Lee Whitney](https://film.one/media/person/1031846/gallery-ecac97136ef8.jpg) Grace Lee Whitney — Image via TMDB

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