Yvonne Joyce Craig

Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1937 - August 17 15th, 2015) was an American dancer and actress famous for her part in the role of Batgirl in the 1960s' television series Batman as well as her role as the green-skinned Orion slave girl Marta in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969). The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer in female superheroes in television." Yvonne Craig was raised in Columbus and was born in Taylorville in Illinois. Her family in 1951 moved to the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, where she attended W. H. Adamson High School as well as Sunset High School, from which she did not graduate due to the lack of "a single PE credit". After being spotted by Alexandra Danilova, a ballerina as well as an instructor, Craig joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as the youngest corps de ballet participant. While she was performing as Batgirl, this training proved to be very helpful. She left the ballet troupe in the year 1957 "over disagreements over casting decisions" and moved to Los Angeles in the hopes of pursuing her dance career. However, she found herself being cast in films. One of her first TV appearances was on the TV series Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lazy Lover") in 1958 , alongside Neil Hamilton. Hamilton later played the role of Batgirl's stepfather Commissioner James Gordon. The actress was featured in three movies shortly after, The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story and Gidget (all 1959). Craig also appeared on the TV series Mr. Lucky, as Beverly Mills, in the episode "Little Miss Wow" Also in 1959. Craig appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1960), and Seven Women from Hell (1961) with Cesar Romero. In 1962, she appeared as the guest on Western Laramie's "The Long Road Back" episode. She also starred with Bing Crosby in High Times (1960) as well as Seven Women from Hell (1961), both of which included Cesar Romero. Craig also starred in two Elvis Presley films: It Happened in the World's Fair (1963), as well as Kissin Cousins (1964). In the year 1966, she was a part-time actress in Mars Needs Women. In 1967, she appeared as an Russian ballet dancer in In Like Flint.



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