Yvonne Joyce Craig
Yvonne Joyce Craig, May 16 1937 until August 17, 2015. She was an American actress and ballet-dancer famous for her portrayals as Batgirl in the 1960s' TV series Batman and Marta as Marta, the Orion slave girl Marta, in Star Trek's episode "Whom Gods Deceive" (1969). The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer in female superheroes" for the screen. Yvonne Craig was born and was raised in Taylorville, Illinois. In 1951 , her family moved from Illinois to Dallas. She attended W. H. Adamson High School in Dallas as well as Sunset High School. However, she did not graduate as she didn't have "one credits for PE". Craig was discovered by Alexandra Danilova (a ballerina and teacher) and was accepted into 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 to be very helpful. She left the ballet troupe in 1957 "over a disagreement on ...