{"id":39098,"date":"2015-08-19T21:48:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T12:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=39098"},"modified":"2015-08-19T21:48:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T12:18:26","slug":"vale-yvonne-craig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2015\/08\/19\/vale-yvonne-craig\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Yvonne Craig"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yvonne Craig – 1937-2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

American actress Yvonne Craig, best known for her role as Batgirl in the 1960’s series of Batman<\/em>, has passed away.<\/p>\n

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Ms Craig began her career in feature films, following a career in ballet from an early age. Among her early films were The Young Land<\/em>, and Gidget<\/em>, in 1959, followed by a role opposite Bing Crosby in High Time<\/em>, in 1960. She appeared with fellow future Batman alumni Caesar Romero in Seven Women From Hell<\/em>, as well as two Elvis Presley films, It Happened At The World’s Fair<\/em> (1963) and Kissin’ Cousins<\/em> (1964), before roles in cult films Mars Needs Women<\/em>, and In Like Flynt<\/em>, saw her film career decline.<\/p>\n

The late 60’s saw Ms Craig transition into television, including guest roles on shows such as Hennesey, My Three Sons<\/em>, the original series of Star Trek<\/em>, The Man From UNCLE, The Ghost & Mrs Muir<\/em>, and Land of The Giants<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ms Craig landed the highest profile role of her career as Batgirl, in the final 1967-68 season of the Batman<\/em> television series.<\/p>\n

Following guest appearances on television shows such as The Mod Squad<\/em> and Kojak<\/em>, as well as minor feature film appearances, Ms Craig eventually left the entertainment industry behind, although some voice work on children’s show Olivia<\/em>, as the voice of Grandma, one of the many talking pigs in that show, provided minor status among those with young families.<\/p>\n

Yvonne Craig passed away on August 17th, following a protracted battle with breast cancer. She was 78.<\/p>\n

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Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, in the 1960’s series “Batman”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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