Yvonne Joyce Craig

Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16 1937 - 17 August, 2015) was an American actress and ballet dancer popular for her character as 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 referred to her as "a pioneer in female super heroes" on TV. Yvonne Craig was born and was raised in Taylorville, Illinois. In 1951 her family moved from Illinois to Dallas. There she attended W. H. Adamson High School in Dallas as well as Sunset High School. However she was not able to get a degree because she did not have "one PE credit". Craig was a part of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as the the youngest dancer in the corps de ballerina, after being noticed by Alexandra Danilova who is a dancer and instructor. The training helped her in her stunt work while playing Batgirl. In 1957, she quit the company "over a dispute on changes to casting". She moved to Los Angeles in hopes of continuing her dance career. But she soon found herself in films roles. She was first seen in an TV episode of Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lazy Lover") as well as Neil Hamilton. Hamilton later was appointed Batgirl's Police Commissioner James Gordon. In the following years, she was in three films: The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story and Gidget (all 1959)--and she also appeared in the TV series Mr. Lucky as Beverly Mills in the episode "Little Miss Wow" (also 1959). Craig appeared with Bing Crosby in High Time (1960) and in Seven Women from Hell (1961) was a co-star with Cesar Romero. In 1962, she appeared as the guest on Western Laramie's "The Long Road Back" episode. Craig also appeared with Bing Crosby in High Times (1960) as well as Seven Women from Hell (1961) and Seven Women from Hell (1961), both of which included Cesar Romero. Craig also starred in two Elvis Presley films: It Was at the World's Fair (1963), and Kissin Cousins (1964). In 1966, she was a part-time actress in Mars Needs Women. In 1967, she appeared as a Russian ballet dancer in In Like Flint.



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