Yvonne Craig's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Batman Batgirl Barbara Gor… The Mod Squad Tara Chapma… The Aquanauts Kathy Channing Kathy O'Rea… Ichabod and Me Liza Halliday Philip Marlowe Connie Follow the Sun Veronica St… Kentucky Jones Shirley Margie Cynthia Michael Shayne Nan Palmer Mister Roberts Carol Jenni… Peter Loves Mary Darcy Robin… Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Suzanne Sta… The Gertrude Berg Show Sally The New Breed Louise Pitt… The Partners Jessica Denise Michelle

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Yvonne Joyce Craig was an American actress and ballet dancer best known for her role as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in the 1960s television series Batman.

Craig also starred opposite Elvis Presley in It Happened at the World's Fair, and Kissin' Cousins. Craig may also be remembered as the green-skinned Orion slave girl Marta in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy".

Later in life, Craig worked as a estate agent before going into the prepaid phone card business. In 2000, she wrote a book called From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond, which took stock of her career. More recently, Craig provided voices for the Nickelodeon cartoon series Olivia, and was the executive producer on the documentary film Birth.

Yvonne Craig had suffered from breast cancer, which had spread to her liver. She died at her home in the Pacific Palisades, surrounded by her immediate family.



TRIVIA:

• Ranked #7 on Wizard magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list (March 2008).
• Measurements: 37-23-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
• September 2000 - her autobiography "From Ballet to The Batcave and Beyond" was published.