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Yvonne Joyce Craig (born May 16, 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois) is an American actress best known as Batgirl from the 1960s TV series Batman. May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Taylorville is a city in Christian County, Illinois, United States. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Batgirl is a DC Comics superhero. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Biography

Yvonne Craig was originally trained to be a ballet dancer, and was a member of the corps de ballet of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the 1950s.[1] Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. ... Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was an influential ballet company that existed from 1932 to 1963. ...

Gradually she moved into acting, and her athletic physique (shown prominently in her stint as the Purple-suited Batgirl ), soon garnered her several film roles. In 1959, she appeared in no less than three films: The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story, and Gidget. In 1960, she appeared as a busty young co-ed with Bing Crosby in High Time, where she met and married singer/actor Jimmy Boyd. After their divorce in 1962 Yvonne starred in several films including roles with Elvis Presley and Dennis Hopper, and appeared in the sequel to Our Man Flint, In Like Flint as a Russian Ballet dancer opposite James Coburn. Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... Gidget was a film starring fifties teen icon Sandra Dee was produced in the USA in 1959. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 â€“ October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... High Time is a 1960 Comedy/Musical film, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bing Crosby. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 â€“ August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Dennis Lee Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and film-maker, known for his roles in Blue Velvet, 24 and Easy Rider. ... Our Man Flint is a 1966 action film which stars James Coburn as Derek Flint. ... In Like Flint is a 1967 sequel to the spy film, Our Man Flint (1966). ... James Coburn in Sam Peckinpahs Cross of Iron (1977). ...

In the mid-1960s, with film roles beginning to taper off, she moved into television, notably as Marta, a green-skinned Orion slave girl in the third season Star Trek episode, Whom Gods Destroy. In this episode, she is interred in a space asylum. In an episode of The Wild Wild West she is an assassin. Most famously, in Batman, she had the role of Batgirl on the 1960s TV series. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (511x800, 35 KB)Yvonne Craig as Batgirl This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (511x800, 35 KB)Yvonne Craig as Batgirl This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... Whom Gods Destroy is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ... The Wild Wild West 1990s VHS release. ...

Although the Batman TV show has been criticized as "campy", many have praised Yvonne Craig's portrayal as paving the way for many other television heroines in the years that followed. Craig appeared in the last season of the series and was often put in "perilous" situations along with Batman and Robin. For the baseball player Bert Campaneris, see Bert Campaneris For the bicycle component manufacturer, see Campagnolo The current version of this article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

After Batman, Yvonne Craig continued to act sporadically in movies and television, but eventually moved into private business. For a time she was a co-producer of industrial shows, after which she worked successfully in the real estate business. She continues to maintain her own fan web site and is commonly regarded as courteous to her fans.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

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