Yvonne Joyce Craig

Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1936 until August 17 2015) was an American dancer, dancer, and choreographer. She is best remembered for her character in Batman's series of the 1960s on TV Batman as well as Marta, an Orion slave girl with green skin in Star Trek's 1969 episode "Whom Gods Destruction". The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer in female superheroes" for television. Yvonne Craig was born in Taylorville, Illinois, and was raised in Columbus, Ohio. In 1951, her family moved to the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, where she attended W. H. Adamson High School and later Sunset High School, from which she didn't graduate due to the lack of "a single PE credit". Craig was identified by Alexandra Danilova (a ballerina and teacher) and joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as its youngest corps de ballet member. It was an excellent training that allowed her to do stunts as Batgirl. In 1957, she resigned from the company "over disagreements over changes to casting". Then, she moved to Los Angeles in hopes of being able to continue her career in dance. However, she was soon cast in film roles. Her first television performances was in the TV series Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lazy Lover") in 1958 alongside Neil Hamilton. Hamilton later played Batgirl's stepfather, Police Commissioner James Gordon. She was in three movies shortly after, The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story and Gidget (all 1959). She also appeared as a guest on the TV series Mr. Lucky, as Beverly Mills, in the episode "Little Miss Wow" Also in 1959. Craig played alongside Bing Crosby (1960), and Seven Women from Hell (1961) that starred Cesar Romero. In 1962, she guest-starred in the television show Western Laramie in the episode "The Long Road Back".Craig appeared in roles with Elvis Presley in two films: It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) and Kissin' Cousins (1964). She also appeared in the science-fiction film Mars Needs Women (1966) and also appeared in In Like Flint (1967) as an in-character Russian ballet dancer alongside James Coburn.



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