Yvonne Craig
American actress (1937-2015) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 78
Yvonne Joyce Craig was an American actress best known for her role as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman.
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Ballets RussesFilm1999
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1Film1990
Diggin' Up BusinessFilm, Lucille1975
Starsky & HutchSeries, Carol1973
KojakSeries, LizBatgirl Teaches Batman a Lesson About Equal PayFilm, 1973Batgirl1971
How to Frame a FiggFilm, Glorianna Hastings1969
Love, American StyleSeries, Kathy1968
Land of the GiantsSeries, Berna
Mars Needs WomenFilm, 1968Dr. Bolen1967
BatgirlFilm, Batgirl / Barbara Gordon1966
BatmanSeries, Batgirl1965
Quick, Before It MeltsFilm, Sharon Sweigert1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series, Cecille Bergstrom
Advance to the RearFilm, 1964Ora (uncredited)1963
It Happened at the World's FairFilm, Dorothy Johnson1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961
Ben CaseySeries
By Love PossessedFilm, 1961Veronica Kovacs1960
High TimeFilm, Randy 'Scoop' Pruitt1959
LaramieSeries
GidgetFilm, 1959Nan1957
Perry MasonSeries, Patricia Faxon
Eighteen and AnxiousFilm, 1957Gloria Dorothy McCormick1937Born16 May 1937People around Yvonne
Alan Rafkin Directed Ski Party and How to Frame a Figg
Bill Quinn Also in Batman
Elvis Presley Also in It Happened at the World's Fair (1964)
Blake Edwards Directed High Time (1960)
Norman Taurog Directed It Happened at the World's Fair (1964)
Delbert Mann Directed Quick, Before It Melts (1964)
Susan Kohner Also in By Love Possessed (1961)
James Darren Also in Gidget and The Gene Krupa Story
Bernard Fox Also in Quick, Before It Melts (1965)
Alan Hale, Jr. Also in Batman and Advance to the Rear
Bruce Kirby Also in Kojak and How to Frame a Figg
Norman Alden Also in Batman and Kojak
George Maharis Also in Kojak and Quick, Before It Melts
Francine York Also in Batman and Kojak
Charles Brackett Directed High Time (1960)- Walter Mirisch Produced By Love Possessed (1961)
Eddie Quillan Also in Advance to the Rear (1965)- Robert D. Webb Directed Seven Women from Hell (1961)
Elaine Joyce Also in Kojak and How to Frame a Figg
Joe Flynn Also in Batman and How to Frame a Figg
Marjorie Bennett Also in Kojak and Quick, Before It Melts- Paul Wendkos Directed Gidget (1959)
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Produced The Young Land (1959)- Lewis J. Rachmil Produced Gidget (1959)
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86 credits on file
Television 24
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Yvonne Joyce Craig 1953 Sunset High School yearbook photo
Craig in 1960
Edmond O'Brien and Yvonne Craig on Sam Benedict in 1963
Craig as Batgirl in 1967
Yvonne Craig in Batman 1968 press photo
1973 Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division public service announcement, featuring Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, Dick Gautier as Batman and Burt Ward as RobinAbout this person
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".
