Yvonne Joyce Craig
Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16 1937 - August 17, 2015) was an American actress and ballet dancer best known for her role in the role of 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 in female superheroes for television." Yvonne Craig was raised in Columbus and was born in Taylorville in Illinois. Her family relocated to Dallas in 1951. She was a student at W. H. Adamson High School, Sunset High School and then W. H. Adamson High School. Unfortunately, she did not graduate due to the fact that she didn't have "one credits for PE". Craig was found by Alexandra Danilova (a ballerina and teacher) and joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1951, becoming the youngest member of the corps de ballet. While she was performing as Batgirl and was a Batgirl, the lessons proved very beneficial. She left the ballet troupe in t...