Yvonne Craig

Birth Name:

Yvonne Joyce Craig

Birth Place:

Taylorville, Illinois, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Before becoming an actress, she was a ballet dancer who traveled with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, of which she was the youngest member
Was discovered by Patrick Ford, director John Ford's son, and made the jump into acting as the lead actress of the film "The Young Land․"
Quote: "I hear from women that I was their role model․ 'When I was a little girl, I realized that girls could kick butt just like guys,' [they'd say]․"
Although she rarely appeared on screen after the 1970s, she continued to do voice-over work and also worked as a real estate broker
Best known for playing Batgirl in the 1960s "Batman" TV series and for voicing the Grandma in the Nickelodeon series "Olivia․"
Starred opposite Elvis Presley in two films, "It Happened at the World's Fair" and "Kissin' Cousins․"
Wrote a book titled "From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond" in 2000

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