Yvonne Craig - #111

Yvonne Craig, the First-Ever On-Screen Batgirl, Dies Aged 78

She was number 110 on the list.

She also briefly dated Elvis Presley

Actress Yvonne Craig, known for playing superheroine Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman, died Monday night at age 78.

Craig’s nephew Christopher Carson announced that she had died at her California home after suffering from breast cancer that had spread to her liver, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Craig joined for Batman’s third and final season in 1967–68, and performed all her own stunts on the show. She had previously starred opposite rock sensation Elvis Presley in two films — It Happened at the World’s Fair and Kissin’ Cousins — and also briefly dated him.


The native of Taylorville, Illinois, went on to guest-star in an episode of Star Trek as well as other hit TV shows, including The Six Million Dollar Man and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

After Batman, Craig continued to act sporadically in movies and television. She appeared in guest roles in It Takes a Thief, The Mod Squad, Mannix, and Emergency!. Craig also appeared on Star Trek as Marta, a green-skinned Orion slave girl in the episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969). From 1969 to 1972, she appeared in four episodes of the comedy series Love, American Style. In a 1970 episode of Land of the Giants ("Wild Journey"), she played one-half of a humanoid, time-observing duo (alongside Bruce Dern), who chase two of the Earth castaways (the series stars Gary Conway and Don Marshall) into the past, ultimately forcing them to relive the flight that sent them to the giants' planet. In 1973, she appeared in a first-season episode of Kojak ("Dark Sunday"), and in 1977, she made a guest appearance in The Six Million Dollar Man.

When her Hollywood career ended, she ventured into private business. She was briefly a co-producer of industrial shows, before starting a new career as a real estate broker. From 2009 to 2011, she voiced Grandma on the animated children's series Olivia. Craig published an autobiography called From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond (2000). She appeared in the documentary film Ballets Russes.
Craig is survived by her husband Kenneth, her sister and two nephews.

Filmography


Film


Year Title Role Notes


1957 Eighteen and Anxious Gloria Dorothy McCormick
1959 Gidget Nan
1959 The Young Land Elena de la Madrid

1959 The Gene Krupa Story Gloria Corregio
1960 High Time Randy 'Scoop' Pruitt
1961 By Love Possessed Veronica Kovacs
1961 Seven Women from Hell Janet Cook


1963 It Happened at the World's Fair Dorothy Johnson
1964 Kissin' Cousins Azalea Tatum
1964 Advance to the Rear Ora Uncredited
1964 Quick, Before It Melts Sharon Sweigert
1965 Ski Party Barbara Norris


1966 One Spy Too Many Maude Waverly


1966 One of Our Spies Is Missing Wanda


1967 In Like Flint Natasha, the Ballerina


1971 How to Frame a Figg    Glorianna Hastings


1990 Diggin' Up Business Lucille


2005 Ballets Russes Herself Documentary






Television


Year Title Role Notes


1958 Schlitz Playhouse Suzanne Stacey / Helen Meade 2 episodes


1958 Perry Mason Patricia Faxon Episode: "The Case of the Lazy Lover"


1959 Bronco Stephanie Kelton Episode: "Bodyguard"


1959 Philip Marlowe Connie Episode: "Child of Virtue"


1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson Annie Episode: "The Girl"


1959 Mr. Lucky Beverly Mills Episode: "Little Miss Wow"


1959–1962 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Linda Sue Faversham / Elspeth Hummaker / Hazel Grimes / Myrna Lomax / Aphrodite Millican / Girl #1 6 episodes


1960 Man with a Camera Jo Stokes Episode: "Hot Ice Cream"


1960 Hennesey Nurse Harriet Burns Episode: "Scarlet Woman in White"


1960 The Chevy Mystery Show Carolyn Episode: "Murder Me Nicely"


1960 Checkmate Judy Episode: "The Cyanide Touch"


1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show Susan Mowry Episode: "House in Order"


1960–1964 77 Sunset Strip Tina Nichols / Willie Miller / Kristan Royal / Luanna Staunton 4 episodes


1961 The Detectives Ivy Episode: "Quiet Night"


1961 Peter Loves Mary Darcy Robinson Episode: "That Certain Age"


1961 Tales of Wells Fargo Libby Gillette Episode: "The Remittance Man"


1961 The Aquanauts Kathy Episode: "The Rainbow Adventure"


1961 Michael Shayne Nan Palmer Episode: "It Takes a Heap o' Dyin'"


1961 The Jim Backus Show Debbie Episode: "Dora's Vacation"


1961 Margie Cynthia Episode: "The Initiation"


1961 Ichabod and Me Liza Halliday Episode: "Teenage Journalist"


1961 Mrs. G. Goes to College Sally Episode: "Mrs. G.'s Private Telephone"


1962 Follow the Sun Veronica St John Episode: "A Ghost in Her Gazebo"


1962 The New Breed Louise Pittman / Edna Pittman Episode: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here"


1962 I'm Dickens, He's Fenster Hillary Episode: "A Small Matter of Being Fired"


1962 Laramie Ginny Malone Episode: "The Long Road Back"


1962 Death Valley Days Emma Episode: "To Walk with Greatness"


1962 The Dick Powell Show 'Mary' Episode: "In Search of a Son"


1962 Wide Country Anita Callahan Episode: "The Bravest Man in the World"


1962–1963 Sam Benedict Amy Vickers / Angela Larkin 2 episodes


1963 Vacation Playhouse Abby Young Episode: "Hooray for Love"


1964 Dr. Kildare Carol Devon Episode: "A Day to Remember"


1964 Channing Kathy O'Reardon Episode: "My Son, the All-American"


1964 Wagon Train Ellie Riggs Episode: "The Link Cheney Story"


1964 Tom, Dick, and Mary Louise Meeker Episode: "Bad Day at Bristol Court"


1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Carol Episode: "Turn Back the Clock"


1965 Valentine's Day Sally Whitfield Episode: "For Me and My Sal"


1965 McHale's Navy Nurse Suzie Clayton Episode: "Pumpkin Takes Over"


1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Cecille Bergstrom Episode: "The Brain-Killer Affair"


1965 Kentucky Jones Shirley Episode: "Kentucky's Vacation"


1965 My Favorite Martian Louise Episode: "Keep Me from the Church on Time"


1965 Ben Casey Mary Dyboski Carter Episode: "If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser"


1965 The Big Valley Allie Kay Episode: "The Invaders"


1966 The Wild Wild West Ecstasy La Joie Episode: "The Night of the Grand Emir"


1966 Mister Roberts Carol Jennings Episode: "Damn the Torpedoes"


1966 My Three Sons Vickie Malone Episode: "If at First"


1967 Mars Needs Women Dr. Marjorie Bolen Television film


1967 Batgirl Batgirl / Barbara Gordon Television short


1967–1968 Batman Batgirl / Barbara Gordon 26 episodes


1968 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Gladys Zimmerman Episode: "Haunted Honeymoon"


1968 It Takes a Thief Roxanne Episode: "The Bill Is in Committee"


1968 The Mod Squad Tara Chapman / Lila Mason Episode: "Find Tara Chapman!"


1969 Star Trek: The Original Series Marta Episode: "Whom Gods Destroy"


1969 The Good Guys Dr. Cummings Episode: "Communications Gap"


1969–1972 Love, American Style Kathy / Helen / Janet / June 4 episodes


1969–1973 Mannix Ada Lee Hayes / Mrs. Diana Everett 2 episodes


1970 The Courtship of Eddie's Father Maryanne Atwater Episode: "Don't Look Now, But Your Scorpio's Rising"


1970 Land of the Giants Berna Episode: "Wild Journey"


1970 Three Coins in the Fountain Dorothy Television film


1971–1972 The Partners Michelle / Denise / Jessica 2 episodes


1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury Inez Malcolm Episode: "Operation: Rake-Off"


1973 Jarrett Luluwa Television film


1973 The Magician Dr. Nora Zabriskie Episode: "The Man Who Lost Himself"


1973 Kojak Liz Episode: "Dark Sunday"


1974 Emergency! Edna Johnson Episode: "Gossip"


1976 Holmes & Yoyo Sherri Episode: "Key Witness"


1977 The Six Million Dollar Man Lena Bannister Episode: "The Infiltrators"


1979 Starsky & Hutch Carol Episode: "Starsky vs. Hutch"


1983 Fantasy Island Cindy Episode: "Remember... When?"


2009–2011 Olivia Grandma (voice) 29 episodes