Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015) was an American actress who is best known for her role as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman. Other notable roles in her career include Dorothy Johnson in the 1963 movie It Happened at the World's Fair , Azalea Tatum in the 1964 movie Kissin' Cousins , and as the ...
Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl on the ABC 1960s series "Batman," died Monday. She was 78. The actress passed away at her home in Pacific Palisades, California, according to her official website.
Barbara Gordon/Batgirl: Yvonne Craig: Commissioner Gordon's daughter who works at the Gotham Library, created in conjunction with the character introduced in the comic books the same year. [1] [2] [3] Unlike the comic books, no actual origin is provided within the series. 95-120
Yvonne Craig as Batgirl. After the character was introduced in Detective Comics #359 in January 1967, at the request of the producers of the 1960s Batman television series, she was introduced into the television series – portrayed by Yvonne Craig – in the season 3 premiere "Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin", in September that same year.
Yvonne Craig as Batgirl Portrayed by Yvonne Craig , the character's first adaptation outside of comic books took place in the third season of Batman (1967), Barbara Gordon having been discussed months earlier by her father and Batman in the second-season episodes "Batman's Waterloo" and "The Duo Defy".
Yvonne Craig was added to the cast for season three in 1967, portraying Barbara Gordon/Batgirl. Eartha Kitt as Catwoman in the third and final season. By season three, ratings were falling, and the series' future seemed uncertain. To attract new viewers, Dozier opted to introduce a female character.
Major cast changes during Season 3 included Yvonne Craig joining as Batgirl, Frank Gorshin returning as The Riddler as a one-episode storyline meant that Gorshin's salary demands could now be met, and Eartha Kitt replacing Julie Newmar as The Catwoman, as Newmar was working on the film Mackenna's Gold.
"Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin" is the first episode of Season 3 of the Batman television series, first aired on ABC September 14, 1967 as its ninety-fifth episode. It guest starred Burgess Meredith as The Penguin , and also was the first appearance of Yvonne Craig as Police Commissioner Gordon 's daughter, Barbara Gordon , a.k.a. Batgirl .