Yvonne Joyce Craig

 Yvonne Joyce Craig, May 16 1937 - August 17, 2015. She was an American dancer and actress popular for her performances as Batgirl on the 1960s ' television show Batman and Marta her character, the Orion slave girl Marta, in Star Trek's episode "Whom Gods Deceive" (1969). The Huffington Post referred to her as "a pioneer of female superheroes" on the television. Yvonne Craig was born and was raised in Taylorville, Illinois. In 1951, her family relocated to the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, where she was a student at W. H. Adamson High School and later Sunset High School, from which she didn't complete her studies due to the absence of "a single PE credit". After being discovered by Alexandra Danilova, a ballerina and instructor, Craig joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as the youngest member of the corps de ballet. While she was performing as Batgirl in the film, her training proved extremely beneficial. In 1957 she left the ballet company due to disputes over casting changes. Then, she moved to Los Angeles with the hope to continue her career in dance. But, she found herself in film roles. Her first appearance was in a TV episode of Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lazy Lover"), alongside Neil Hamilton. Hamilton later became Batgirl's Police Commissioner James Gordon. After that, she appeared in three films, including The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story and Gidget (all 1959)--and she also appeared in the TV series Mr. Lucky as Beverly Mills in the episode "Little Miss Wow" (also 1959). Craig made an appearance with Bing Crosby in High Time (1960) and in Seven Women from Hell (1961) featured alongside Cesar Romero. In 1962, she was the guest on Western Laramie's "The Long Road Back" episode. She also appeared with Bing Crosby on High Time (1960) and Seven Women from Hell (1961) and Seven Women from Hell (1961), both of which included Cesar Romero. Craig also starred in two Elvis Presley films: It was at the World's Fair (1963), and Kissin Cousins (1964). She also starred in the science fiction film Mars Needs Women (1966) and appeared in In Like Flint (1967) as an in-character Russian ballet dancer alongside James Coburn.