Comments on: Interview: Grace Lee Whitney Talks Past and Future Rands

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:48:43 +0000

Maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that,
but I can’t take it down and it is in Grace’s own book.
“The Executive” that could discuss possibilities
for her character on the show
…sounds like Roddenberry…check out his bio

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:27:50 +0000

I believe Grace Lee Whitney was raped by Gene Roddenberry, then canned.

After a Friday night wrap party, a man that Grace calls “The Executive” lured her into an empty office away from the rest of the party to discuss “possibilities” for her character on the show. She then goes on to describe how this friendly man turned violent and wouldn’t let her leave until she performed sexually for him.

By: Judy Anstess

Judy Anstess — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:26:16 +0000

Hi Grace..I don’t know if you are the person that I met at the mail box one day a few years back, but I believe it ws. I am not going to say where that was to keep your privacy safe. Just that it is in the foot hills north of Fresno.
You were having trouble with your car. Anyway, just wanted to say that if that way you (and I heard that you lived in the area) I loved watching yoo on TV. I met Machelle at a Star Trek Convention about 35 years ago. I just got dressed up and hung out by the back door, and they assumed I was part of the crew..Too funny. If you know what you are doing, you can pretty much get into anything. I was a limo driver for over 20 years in Hawaii and Las Vegas. Just wanted to say hi and if you do live near Chuckchansi Gold Casino, that was me you met at the mail box. If it was you, send me an email and and maybe we can have lucnh sometime. John, from 007, used to live in the area too..I hope you are doing well. Star Trek was one of my favorite shows in the old days..gosh, were those the old days. Hope it was you. Judy

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:45:18 +0000

Grace is, was, and always will be absolutly gorgeous. From that gorgeous blonde hair to those beautiful deep eyes. I had a crush on her from the onset in the original series and it cvarried on through all of the subsequent films. Her downfall and rebirth as a person is a testiment to her strength as a woman and as a person. I always said if i could ever ask her a question in person it would be ” Was that all your own hair in TOS and if so how long did it take to put it up?”

By: David

David — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:47:08 +0000

The word is they eliminated her character because they didn’t want a love interest for Kirk on board, so he could have a different one each week. But they could have just written it so she wasn’t a love interest — if you watch the episodes she did, this was never developed very much anyway. They also got rid of Riley, who I thought was a great character. Despite the fact that for it’s time, TOS was great, in retrospect, some of the writing was pretty poor. How many parallel-earth planets could there be? Space hippies? And of course, the worst of all, Spock’s Brain. In my opinion, about one third of the episodes are classics and really good, one third are rather poor, and one third in between. I also think Star Trek II, IV, and VI were good, and I, III, and V not so much — the original cast movies. Only, “First Contact,” with TNG cast was good with that cast.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:09:15 +0000

Rand was awesome. It would have been much more fun to have her as a recurring guest instead of various yeomen of the week in the later episodes.

I seriously hope Rand is brought back for the NuTrek sequel.

By: Edgar Douglas Foster

Edgar Douglas Foster — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:19:40 +0000

Pro-Israel, Old Fashion Christian Values

By: Edgar Douglas Foster

Edgar Douglas Foster — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:17:49 +0000

I am, Anti-Abortion, Anti-gayrights, Pro-Israel, Old fashion Christian Values

By: George

George — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:07:23 +0000

WTF So she had a role then Gene Rottenberry Raped then fired her. Thats pretty crappy. Shatner should have beat up that old fat axx

By: devon

devon — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:14:52 +0000

Comments such as “has been, born again, old drunk ” say much more about yourself as a human being than they do of Grace lee Whitney, a beautiful woman who was and should have continued to be a much more utilized member of the Trek family as intended by Gene Roddenberry! I too had a crush on GLW as a child and still revel in her appearances every time I rewatch TOS! It would have made more sense to include her as a regular, even if not as a love interest for Kirk, than a seemingly endless string of yeomans throughout the series run! Grace is just that as her name denotes, “Graceful” and a kind “gracious” human being, how dare someone attack such a lovely person! Shame on you, truly you do not prescribe to the Gene Roddenberry philosophies you claim to … the message of Trek has been lost on you… too bad for you!