August 17, 2015, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse
Kenneth Aldrich, Jimmy Boyd
Fact
An inveterate world traveler, she and her husband Kenneth Aldrich have visited the remotest corners of the earth.
Yvonne Craig was born on May 16, 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois. Her parents were Marion and Edwin Craig. She had two sisters, Barbara and Nancy. Craig attended high school in Los Angeles, where she was a cheerleader and homecoming queen. She then studied for a year at the University of California, Los Angeles before transferring to the University of Illinois, where she majored in English.
Craig began her acting career in the late 1950s with roles on television shows such as “Perry Mason” and “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.” She also appeared in films such as “The Young Land” and “The Gene Krupa Story.” In 1960, Craig was cast as one of the leads in the television series “Batman.” She played the role of Batgirl/Barbara Gordon, the daughter of police commissioner James Gordon. The show was a huge hit and made Craig a household name.
After “Batman” ended its run, Craig continued to act in both television and film. She appeared in shows such as “The Love Boat” and “Fantasy Island.” She also had roles in movies such as “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” and “Somebody Killed Her Husband.” In recent years, Craig has retired from acting and has focused on her philanthropic work.
Craig is married to Kenneth Aldrich. The couple has two children, John and Julie.
Craig has a net worth of $5 million.
General Info
Full Name
Yvonne Craig
Died
August 17, 2015, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height
1.6 m
Profession
Actor, Ballet Dancer
Education
Sunset High School
Nationality
American
Family
Spouse
Kenneth Aldrich, Jimmy Boyd
Accomplishments
Movies
Kissin' Cousins, It Happened at the World's Fair, The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story, Mars Needs Women, Gidget, Ski Party, High Time, How to Frame a Figg, Seven Women from Hell, Quick, Before It Melts, In Like Flint, By Love Possessed, One Spy Too Many, One of Our Spies Is Missing, Diggin' Up Busi...
I meet young women who say Batgirl was their role model. They say it's because it was the first time they ever felt girls could do the same thing guys could do, and sometimes better. I think that's lovely.
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One of the reasons I did the Batman (1966) series was so people would attach a name to my face. Before that, I had done a lot of television, but all people would say was, "Oh, that's um, um, what IS her name?".
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I meet women today who tell me that they grew up viewing Batgirl as an important role model. If they choose to know me in that context, well, I'll take it.
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[on the cancellation of Batman (1966)] When we were canceled by ABC, we wondered if we could get another network. When it looked like we couldn't, they came with a bulldozer and bulldozed the whole set. Then two weeks later NBC said, "Listen, we'd like to take a shot at Batman if you still have the sets." They didn't want to start from scratch and build them because the set cost $800,000. So it was too late, nothing came of it.
Facts
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Fact
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She has two nephews through her sister, Meridel Carson (née Craig). Their names are Christopher and Todd Carson.
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She was cremated. Her ashes were given to her family.
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Best known for her roles as Batgirl on Batman (1966) and as the Orion slave girl Marta in the third season episode of the original Star Trek (1966) series, Star Trek: Whom Gods Destroy (1969).
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Is also a philanthropist and advocate for workers unions, free mammograms, and equal pay for women.
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Is one of the youngest dancers to become a member of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
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In the early 1970s, she co-produced industrial shows for a time before going into the real estate business.
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An inveterate world traveler, she and her husband Kenneth Aldrich have visited the remotest corners of the earth.
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Attended and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas, Texas.
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Ranked #7 on Wizard magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list. [March 2008]
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Her autobiography "From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond" was published. [September 2000]