Yvonne Joyce Craig

Yvonne Joyce Craig, May 16 1937 - - August 17, 2015. Craig was an American actor and ballet dancer famous for her portrayals as Batgirl on the 1960s TV series Batman and Marta as Marta, the Orion slave girl Marta as seen in Star Trek's episode "Whom Gods Deceive" (1969). The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer in female superheroes for television." Yvonne Craig was raised in Columbus and was born in Taylorville in Illinois. In 1951, her family relocated to the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, where she went to 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". Craig was discovered by Alexandra Danilova (a ballerina and teacher) and joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, becoming its youngest corps de ballet member. It was a great training that helped her perform stunts as Batgirl. She quit the ballet company in 1957 "over an issue with casting changes" and relocated to Los Angeles in the hopes of continuing her dancing career, but was acting in film roles. One of her first TV performances was on the episode of the TV series Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lazy Lover", 1958) along with Neil Hamilton, who played her stepfather (later Hamilton played Police Commissioner James Gordon, Batgirl's father). In the years following her appearances on The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story (all 1959), and Gidget (all 1958) she also guest-starred as Beverly Mills on the TV show Mr. Lucky (also 1959). Craig appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1960), and Seven Women from Hell (1961) in which she was portrayed by Cesar Romero. In 1962, she was guest-starring in Western Laramie's "The Long Road Back" episode. Craig also appeared alongside Bing Crosby in High Times (1960) as well as Seven Women from Hell (1961) and Seven Women from Hell (1961), both of which featured Cesar Romero. Craig also starred in two Elvis Presley films: It was at the World's Fair (1963), as well as Kissin Cousins (1964). In 1966, she starred in Mars Needs Women. In 1967, she played an Russian dancer on In Like Flint.



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