Yvonne Craig
Yvonne Craig | |
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Craig, c. 1967 | |
| Born | Yvonne Joyce Craig May 16, 1937 Taylorville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 17, 2015 (aged 78) Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957–2011 |
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| Website | yvonnecraig |
Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015) was an American actress who is best known for her role as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman. Other notable roles in her career include Dorothy Johnson in the 1963 movie It Happened at the World's Fair, Azalea Tatum in the 1964 movie Kissin' Cousins, and the green-skinned Orion Marta in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969).
The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer of female superheroes" for television.
Craig was a philanthropist and "an advocate for workers unions, free mammograms, and equal pay for women".