Grace Lee Whitney, best known for playing Yeoman Janice Rand in the original Star Trek series, has died aged 85.
The American actress passed away in her home in Coarsegold, California on May 1, her family confirmed to NBC News.
Whitney played Captain Kirk's assistant Rand in the first eight episodes of Star Trek before being written out of the series.
She returned to play the character in several Star Trek films including Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
The actress published her autobiography, The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy, in 1998, which focused on her time on the show and subsequent battle with alcoholism.
Whitney's family stressed on Sunday (May 3) that she would like to be remembered as a "successful survivor of addiction."
