Wellington, May 5 - 'Star Trek' actress Grace Lee Whitney has passed away at the age of 85 due to natural causes in her home in Coarsegold, California.
The American veteran actress used to play Captain Kirk's assistant Yeoman Janice Rand on the original science fiction series for first eight episodes before being stroked out, but the actress made a comeback for the movie franchise, 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture', ' Star Trek III: The Search for Spock' and many more, Stuff. co. nz reported.