Yvonne Joyce Craig
Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1936 - August 17, 2015) was an American actress, ballet dancer and choreographer. She is best remembered for her character in Batman's television series from the 1960s Batman and 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 of female super heroes" on the television. Yvonne Craig was raised in Columbus and was born in Taylorville in Illinois. In 1951, her family relocated to the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, where she went to W. H. Adamson High School and later Sunset High School, from where she failed to be able to graduate due to the absence of "a single PE credit". Craig was a part of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as the most junior ballerina in the company after being discovered by Alexandra Danilova who is a instructor and dancer. As she performed as Batgirl in the film, her training proved extreme...