Yvonne Craig - wikipedia Yvonne Craig This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2015 ) Yvonne Craig Craig in 1960 Yvonne Joyce Craig ( 1937 - 05 - 16 ) May 16, 1937 Taylorville, Illinois, U.S. August 17, 2015 ( 2015 - 08 - 17 ) ( aged 78 ) Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. Occupation Actress, dancer Years active 1957 -- 2011 Spouse ( s ) Jimmy Boyd ( m. 1960 ; div. 1962 ) Kenneth Aldrich ( m. 1988 ; d. 2015 ) Website www.yvonnecraig.com Yvonne Joyce Craig ( May 16, 1937 -- August 17, 2015 ) was an American ballet dancer and actress best known for her role as Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman and as the green - skinned Orion slave girl Marta in the Star Trek episode `` Whom Gods Destroy '' ( 1969 ). The Huffington Post called her `` a pioneer of female superheroes '' for television. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Ballet 2.2 Acting 2.2. 1 Batman 2.2. 2 After Batman 3 Later life 4 Death 5 Filmography 6 Bibliography 7 References 8 External links Early life 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 WH Adamson High School and then Sunset High School, from which she technically did not graduate due to the lack of `` a single PE credit ''. Career Ballet After being discovered by Alexandra Danilova, a ballerina and instructor, Craig joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as its youngest corps de ballet member. This training was helpful when she performed stunts while playing Batgirl. She left the ballet company in 1957 `` over a disagreement on casting changes '' and moved to Los Angeles in the hopes of continuing her dancing career but found herself cast in film roles. Acting One of her earliest television roles was in an episode of the TV series Perry Mason ( `` The Case of the Lazy Lover '', 1958 ) alongside Neil Hamilton, who played her stepfather ( later Hamilton played Police Commissioner James Gordon, Batgirl 's father ). Shortly afterwards, she appeared in three films -- The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story, and Gidget ( all 1959 ) -- and also guest - starred in 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 ) featured alongside Cesar Romero. In 1962 she guest starred on the Western, Laramie in `` The Long Road Back ''. Craig starred in roles with Elvis Presley in two films : It Happened at the World 's Fair ( 1963 ) and Kissin ' Cousins ( 1964 ). She also starred in the 1966 cult sci - fi film Mars Needs Women and appeared in In Like Flint ( 1967 ) as a Russian ballet dancer opposite James Coburn. During the 1960s, Craig regularly appeared in television drama series. She appeared five times on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, portraying five separate girlfriends for the titular character between 1959 and 1962. She played Jo, a young photographer with Charles Bronson in Man with a Camera in 1960. In 1964 Craig guest starred as Carol, an underwater photographer, on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Season 1, Episode 7 : `` Turn Back the Clock ''. In 1965, Craig appeared in The Big Valley Season 1, Ep. 16 `` The Invaders ''. Craig also appeared on Star Trek as Marta, a green - skinned Orion slave girl in the episode `` Whom Gods Destroy '' ( 1969 ). In an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( `` The Brain - Killer Affair '', 1965 ), she helps solve the mystery of a brain - endangering poison. Craig appeared as an U.N.C.L.E. employee in a theatrical film, One Spy Too Many ( 1966 ) expanded from the episode `` The Alexander the Greater Affair ''. In a 1966 episode of The Wild Wild West ( `` The Night of the Grand Emir '' ), she played an assassin who performs an exotic Arabian dance. She also played a Navy nurse with exotic Arabian dance skills in an episode of McHale 's Navy ( `` Pumpkin Takes Over '', 1965 ). She appeared in an episode of The Big Valley with Lee Majors and Barbara Stanwyck. In a 1968 episode of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir ( `` Haunted Honeymoon '' ), she played Gladys Zimmerman, a bride - to - be who was stranded overnight at Gull Cottage. In a 1970 episode of Land of the Giants ( `` Wild Journey '' ), she played one - half of a humanoid, time - observing duo ( alongside Bruce Dern ) who chase two of the Earth castaways ( series stars Gary Conway and Don Marshall ) into the past, ultimately forcing them to relive the flight that sent them to the giants ' planet. Batman Yvonne Craig as Batgirl in 1967 From September 1967 until March 1968, Craig appeared in her highest - profile role as Batgirl for the third and final season of the 1960s ABC TV series Batman. As Batgirl she wore a purple and yellow outfit and rode a `` purple motorcycle with white lace trim '', whereas her alter ego Barbara Gordon was the librarian daughter of Commissioner Gordon. The New York Times praised her for `` add ( ing ) a scrappy girl - power element '' to a TV series it described as `` campy ''. During this time Craig appeared as a contestant on the show The Dating Game ( 1967 ). Craig reprised her Batgirl role in a 1974 public service announcement for equal pay for women sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division. In the PSA, Batman and Robin were tied to a post amid the threat of a ticking time bomb, but Batgirl refused to release them because she was paid less than Robin, in violation of the Federal Equal Pay Law. The PSA was written and directed by Sidney Galanty, and narrated by William Dozier, who had narrated the Batman TV series. ( Dick Gautier played Batman this time, because Adam West was, at the time, trying to distance himself from that role. ) Craig reportedly felt some connection to the character and complained to DC Comics after Barbara Gordon was shot and paralyzed by the Joker in the graphic novel Batman : The Killing Joke ( 1988 ). After Batman After Batman, Craig continued to act sporadically in movies and television. She appeared in guest roles in Love, American Style ( the first episode ), Kentucky Jones, It Takes a Thief, The Mod Squad, Kojak and Emergency !. From 1969 to 1972, she appeared in four episodes of the comedy series Love, American Style. In 1973 she appeared in a first - season episode of Kojak ( `` Dark Sunday '' ) and in 1977 made a guest appearance in The Six Million Dollar Man. She also appeared as herself on some celebrity editions of Family Feud ( 1976 - 1985 version ). Later life When her Hollywood career ended, she ventured into private business. She was briefly a co-producer of industrial shows, before starting a new career as a real estate broker. From 2009 to 2011, she voiced `` Grandma '' on the animated children 's show Olivia. Craig published an autobiography called From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond in 2000. She appeared in the documentary film Ballets Russes. She was also a philanthropist and advocate for workers unions, free mammograms, and equal pay for women. Death Craig died at age 78 at her home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, on August 17, 2015, from metastatic breast cancer that had spread to her liver. Filmography Eighteen and Anxious ( 1957 ) - Gloria Dorothy McCormick The Young Land ( 1959 ) - Elena de la Madrid Gidget ( 1959 ) - Nan The Gene Krupa Story ( 1959 ) - Gloria Corregio High Time ( 1960 ) - Randy ' Scoop ' Pruitt By Love Possessed ( 1961 ) - Veronica Kovacs Seven Women from Hell ( 1961 ) - Janet Cook It Happened at the World 's Fair ( 1963 ) - Dorothy Johnson Kissin ' Cousins ( 1964 ) - Azalea Tatum Advance to the Rear ( 1964 ) - Ora ( uncredited ) Quick Before It Melts ( 1964 ) - Sharon Sweigert Ski Party ( 1965 ) - Barbara Norris One Spy Too Many ( 1966 ) - Maude Waverly One of Our Spies Is Missing ( 1966 ) - Wanda Mars Needs Women ( 1967 ) - Dr. Marjorie Bolen In Like Flint ( 1967 ) - Natasha, the Ballerina How to Frame a Figg ( 1971 ) - Glorianna Hastings Diggin ' Up Business ( 1990 ) - Lucille Bibliography Craig, Yvonne ( 2000 ). From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond. New York : Kudu Press. ISBN 0 - 9678075 - 6 - 5. Erickson, Hal ( 2007 ). `` Yvonne Craig ''. Allmovie. New York Times. Retrieved 27 June 2007. McLeod, Mike ( 2007 ). `` It 's African Mask for TV 's Batgirl ''. The Celebrity Collector. Retrieved 27 June 2007. References ^ Jump up to : Mosbergen, Dominique ( August 19, 2015 ). `` Actress Yvonne Craig, The Original 1960s Batgirl, Dies At 78 ''. The Huffington Post. ^ Jump up to : Wilonsky, Robert ( August 19, 2015 ). `` Yvonne Craig, TV 's Batgirl from Oak Cliff, has died at 78 ''. Dallas Morning News. ^ Jump up to : Rogers, Katie ( August 19, 2015 ). `` Yvonne Craig, Actress Who Played Batgirl, Is Dead at 78 ''. New York Times. Jump up ^ `` Ballets Russes ''. Zeitgeist Films. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010. ^ Jump up to : Booker, Brakkton ( August 19, 2015 ). `` Yvonne Craig, Best Known As ' Batgirl, ' Dies At 78 ''. NPR.org. National Public Radio. Jump up ^ Klossner, Michael ( 2006 ). `` Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea ''. Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television : 581 Dramas, Comedies and Documentaries, 1905 - 2004. McFarland. p. 273. ISBN 9780786422159. Jump up ^ `` Yvonne Craig 's Film and TV Credits ''. 25 July 1959. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2010. Jump up ^ `` Yvonne Craig Movies - Yvonne Craig Film -- Yvonne Craig TV Shows ''. TV.com. December 31, 1969. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2010. Jump up ^ BatGirl on The Dating Game ( 1967 ). YouTube video clip. Jump up ^ `` Batman, ca. 1973 ''. U.S. National Archives -- via YouTube. Jump up ^ Jankiewicz, Pat. `` Interview With Yvonne : Recalling Batgirl ''. Retrieved November 22, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Yvonne Craig 's Official Obituary ''. YvonneCraig.com. August 19, 2015. External links Film portal Television portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yvonne Craig. 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Question: who played batgirl on the tv show batman
Answer: Yvonne Joyce Craig