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Grace Lee Whitney (born Mary Ann Chase, April 1, 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American actress. She is most famous for playing Yeoman Janice Rand in part of the first season (1966-1967) of Star Trek: The Original Series.

Whitney started her entertainment career as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio. She soon opened in nightclubs for the likes of Billie Holliday, and toured with the Spike Jones Band. She debuted on Broadway in Top Banana and made guest appearances on over 30 different television series.

Whitney reprised her role as Janice Rand, who had received a promotion to Chief Petty Officer (CPO), in Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(1979). She appeared again in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(1986), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
(1991), with another promotion, as Lt. (jg) Janice Rand, and finally the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback".

Her autobiography is entitled The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy (1998). The book delves into her hiring and firing from Star Trek and her fight and eventual victory over alcohol and drug addiction, particularly marijuana.

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