70s Trek: Star Trek In The 1970s

Grace Lee Whitney was an experienced actress before she came to Star Trek.  She had roles in several movies including Some Like It Hot with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe.  She also guest starred on many TV shows in the lat 1950s and early 60s. She was hired to do Star Trek in 1966 as a lead character, not a featured character. In fact, she was one of the first actors signed after Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner.  Early publicity photos feature Whitney Shatner and Nimoy together. She was signed to act in 13 episodes and had considered roles in several.  Then, after the episode Conscience of the King, her character Yeoman Rand disappeared and wasn't seen again until Star Trek: The Motion Picture. However, it was on a Friday evening in August 1966 that Whitney says she was sexually assaulted by a NBC executive.  Then four days later, she was informed that her character was being written out of Star Trek.  Her time on the Enterprise was over. The experience started a downward spiral for Grace that