![]() 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. 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 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. ![]() LOS ANGELES - Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk’s assistant on the original “Star Trek” series, has died. ![]()
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