“Over time, she became appreciative of her short time on ‘Star Trek’ because she developed meaningful relationships with the fans, Leonard Nimoy and other cast members,” Dweck said.īesides Jonathan, she is survived by her other son, Scott Dweck. She dedicated the last 35 years of her life to helping people with addiction problems, some of whom she met at “Star Trek” conventions, he said. She returned for the movie franchise, reprising her role in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” ”Star Trek III: The Search for Spock,” ”Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.”ĭweck said his mother would have liked to be remembered more as a successful survivor of addiction than for her “Star Trek” fame. She wrote that she struggled with her addiction for many years before getting treatment and regaining her career with the help of Leonard Nimoy, who starred as Spock in the series. Along with her hiring and firing from Star Trek, the book recounts her work as the first Chicken of the Sea mermaid and her struggles with and eventual recovery from alcohol and substance abuse. In her 1998 autobiography “The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy,” she wrote that her acting career largely came to an end and she became an alcoholic. Whitney's autobiography, The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy, was released in 1998 ( ISBN 1-884956-05-X ). Whitney played Yeoman Janice Rand in the first eight episodes before being written out of the series. Whitney died of natural causes Friday in her home in the Central California town of Coarsegold, about 50 miles north of Fresno, her son Jonathan Dweck said on Sunday. She will be missed.Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk’s assistant on the original “ Star Trek” series, has died. Please join in offering our condolences to Whitney's family, friends, colleagues and fans. So, my life is happy, joyous, free, sober and saved, and a lot of fun, too. I also line dance one night a week and I go to the gym three days a week. But right now I take my grandchildren to school and cart them around, and I’m of maximum service to them. "They’re going to take care of me as I move through life to my home in heaven. "(My son) Jonathan built a home down at the end of my property, where he lives with his family, including my grandchildren," she enthused. It had to be love from afar, an unrequited love between the captain and me."īack in 2011, when interviewed Whitney, she spoke excitedly of living on a 30-acre property near Yosemite National Park, with a running creek, and helping to care for her grandchildren. But, it was unrequited love, like Kitty and Matt on Gunsmoke. Rand was willing to learn to be a secretary to the captain, whom, of course, I immediately had a crush on.
"I was supposed to be innocent, dedicated, excellent in my motives for wanting to be on the Enterprise, but very green, with no experience. interviewed the vivacious Whitney in 2011, and she had this to say about the early days of playing Rand.
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