Grace Lee Whitney, best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk’s (William Shatner) personal assistant in the original “Star Trek” series, and several of its subsequent films, died Friday in her ...

While many of us are celebrating Star Wars Day — May the Fourth be with you! — some of us are sad over in Trekkie land. Grace Lee Whitney, who played Yeoman Janice Rand on Star Trek: The Original ...

Grace Lee Whitney, 85, the futuristic-clipboard-bearing Yeoman Janice Rand on the original series of "Star Trek," died this weekend in the town of Coarsegold, California, her family confirmed. No ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk's assistant on the original Star Trek series, has died. She was 85. Whitney died of natural causes Friday in her home in the Central ...

Grace Lee Whitney, who died at age 85 Friday in her home in Coarsegold, Calif., was a "Star Trek" anomaly. She was a red shirt who survived. Red shirts on "Star Trek" were notoriously expendable — the ...

Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk’s assistant on the original “Star Trek” series, has died. She was 85. Whitney died of natural causes Friday in her home in the Central California town of ...

Grace Lee Whitney is seen from an undated "Star Trek" publicity photo with Leonard Nimoy, left, who played Spock, and William Shatner, who played Kirk. (Paramount) Grace Lee Whitney, who played Yeoman ...

Rand was an early character on the show, but Whitney was written out after eight episodes. One of her most famous appearances on the show was fighting off an evil Kirk. Actress Grace Lee Whitney, who ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk's assistant on the original "Star Trek" series, has died. She was 85. Whitney died of natural causes Friday in her home in the Central ...