Yvonne Joyce Craig
Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1936 from 1936 to August 17, 2015), was an American dancer, dancer, and choreographer. Craig is most well-known for her character in Batman's 1960s TV series Batman and Marta the Orion slave girl wearing green skin, in the Star Trek 1969 episode "Whom Gods Destruction". The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer of female superheroes" for the television. Yvonne Craig was raised in Columbus and was born in Taylorville in Illinois. In 1951 , her family relocated from Illinois to Dallas. In Dallas, she attended W. H. Adamson High School in Dallas as well as Sunset High School. However she was not able to graduate as she didn't have "one PE credit". After being spotted by Alexandra Danilova, a ballerina as well as an instructor, Craig joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as its youngest member of the corps de ballet. It was an amazing experience that helped her perform stunts as Batgirl. She left the ballet company in the y...