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| Birth Name(s) : Yvonne Joyce Craig |
Date of Birth: May 16, 1937 |
| Status:
Married
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Partner:
Kenneth Aldrich |
| Profession:
Actor |
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As a young teenager, Yvonne showed such promise as a dancer that she was accepted to Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her training progressed until she left the company in 1957 over a disagreement on casting changes. She moved to Los Angeles hoping to continue her dancing, but was soon cast in movies.
At first, Yvonne had small parts in pictures such as 'Gidget (1959)' and 'The Gene Krupa Story (1959)'. After that, her film career just bumped along. As Yvonne was dating Elvis at the time, she did have a supporting role in the two Elvis pictures 'It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)' and 'Kissin' Cousins (1963)'. But her fame would come with the cult Television series "Batman (1966)" in which she played Commissioner Gordon's daughter, Barbara. |
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Gradually she moved into acting, and her athletic physique (shown prominently in her stint as the Purple-suited Batgirl), soon garnered her several film roles. In 1959, she appeared in no less than three films: The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story, and Gidget. In 1960, she appeared as a busty young co-ed with Bing Crosby in High Time, where she met and married singer/actor Jimmy Boyd. After their divorce in 1962 Yvonne starred in several films including roles with Elvis Presley and Dennis Hopper, and appeared in the sequel to Our Man Flint, In Like Flint as a Russian Ballet dancer opposite James Coburn.Yvonne Craig as Batgirl
Although the Batman TV show has been criticized as "campy", many have praised Yvonne Craig's portrayal as paving the way for many other television heroines in the years that followed. Craig appeared in the last season of the series and was often put in "perilous" situations along with Batman and Robin.
After Batman, Yvonne Craig continued to act sporadically in movies and television. Notably, she appeared in guest roles in It Takes a Thief, The Mod Squad and Emergency!. From 1969 to 1972 she appeared in four episodes of the comedy series Love, American Style.
Craig eventually moved into private business. For a time she was a co-producer of industrial shows, after which she worked successfully in the real estate business. She maintains her own internet web site. |
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