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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 ...
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, 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.
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.
Barbara Gordon appears in the third season of Batman (1966), portrayed by Yvonne Craig. Her debut coincided with her debut in the comics. Her debut coincided with her debut in the comics. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Craig later reprised the Batgirl role in a 1972 commercial supporting women's rights and equal pay. [ 19 ]
U.S. Department of Labor – in a 1973 PSA for the U.S. Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division narrated by William Dozier, Batman and Robin were tied to a post amid the threat of a ticking time bomb, but Batgirl (Yvonne Craig) refused to release them because she was paid less than Robin (Burt Ward), in violation of the Federal Equal Pay Law. [68]
"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 .
Grisham-Stewart told Hankins that she was “trying to implement things now to try to do better” and that “it’s not willful, it’s not intentional, not to notify.” Hankins said she ...