Yvonne Joyce Craig
Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1936 until August 17 15th, 2015) was an American dancer, actress and choreographer. Her most famous work is for her character in Batman's 1960s TV series Batman as well as Marta she was an Orion slave girl sporting green skin in Star Trek's 1969 episode "Whom Gods Destruction". The Huffington Post referred to her as "a pioneer in female super heroes" on TV. Yvonne Craig was raised in Columbus and was born in Taylorville in Illinois. Her family relocated to Dallas in 1951. She attended W. H. Adamson High School, Sunset High School, and later W. H. Adamson High School. The only problem was that she was not able to graduate as she didn't have "one PE credit". Craig was identified by Alexandra Danilova (a ballerina and teacher) and was accepted into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as its youngest corps de ballet member. The training helped her when she did stunts playing Batgirl. In 1957, she quit the ballet company due ...