Yvonne Joyce Craig
Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1937 - August 17, 2015) was an American actress and ballet dancer most well-known for her performance as Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman as well as her role as the green-skinned Orion slave girl Marta in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969). The Huffington Post referred to her as "a pioneer of female superheroes" on television. Yvonne Craig was raised in Columbus and was born in Taylorville in Illinois. In 1951 , her family relocated from Illinois to Dallas. There , she was a student at W. H. Adamson High School in Dallas as well as Sunset High School. However she did not finish her education because she had only "one credits for PE". After being discovered by Alexandra Danilova, a ballerina and teacher, Craig joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as its youngest corps de ballet member. This experience was beneficial when she was performing stunts acting as Batgirl. In 1957, she quit the ballet troupe