Yvonne Joyce Craig

Yvonne Joyce Craig, May 16, 1937 - - August 17, 2015. She was an American actor and ballet dancer popular for her performances as Batgirl in the 1960s' TV show Batman and Marta who played Marta, the Orion slave girl Marta who appeared in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Deceive" (1969). The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer in female superheroes on television." Yvonne Craig was born and was raised in Taylorville, Illinois. In 1951, her family moved to the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, where she attended W. H. Adamson High School and then Sunset High School, from where she failed to complete her studies due to the absence of "a single PE credit". Craig was found by Alexandra Danilova (a ballerina and teacher) and joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1951, becoming the youngest corps de ballet member. It was a great training that enabled her to do stunts in the role of Batgirl. She left the ballet troupe in the year 1957 "over an argument over casting decisions" and moved to Los Angeles in the hopes of continuing her dancing career, but found herself being cast in films. She first appeared in a TV episode of Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lazy Lover") with Neil Hamilton. Hamilton later was appointed Batgirl's Police Commissioner James Gordon. She appeared in three films following the show, 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 1959. Craig was a part of Bing Crosby in High Time (1960) as well as in Seven Women from Hell (1961) as a guest with Cesar Romero. In 1962, she was a guest star in the Western Laramie episode "The Long Road Back". Craig also starred with Elvis Presley's roles in It Happened At the World's Fair (1963), and Kissin Cousins (64). She also appeared in the science fiction film Mars Needs Women (1966) and also appeared in In Like Flint (1967) as a Russian dancer who was paired with James Coburn.



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