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***<\/p>\n She was in many other roles during her career; probably the least known (by name) was Marta, a green-skinned\u00c2\u00a0Orion\u00c2\u00a0slave girl who wanted to kill\u00c2\u00a0Captain Kirk on Star Trek…<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n More\u00c2\u00a0(from Wikipedia<\/a>):<\/em><\/p>\n “Yvonne Joyce Craig\u00c2\u00a0(May 16, 1937\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201c August 17, 2015) was an American ballet dancer and\u00c2\u00a0actress\u00c2\u00a0best known for her role as\u00c2\u00a0Batgirl\u00c2\u00a0from the 1960s\u00c2\u00a0television series\u00c2\u00a0Batman<\/i>, and as the Orion slave girl Marta in the\u00c2\u00a0Star Trek<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0episode \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whom Gods Destroy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0The Huffington Post<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0called her a “a pioneer of female superheroes” for television….<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1958 she appeared in an episode (“The Case of the Lazy Lover”) of the TV series\u00c2\u00a0Perry Mason<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0alongside\u00c2\u00a0Neil Hamilton, who played her stepfather (coincidentally, Hamilton who would go on to play\u00c2\u00a0Gotham City\u00c2\u00a0police Commissioner\u00c2\u00a0James Gordon, Batgirl’s father, in\u00c2\u00a0Batman<\/i>). In 1959 she appeared in three films\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe Young Land<\/i>,\u00c2\u00a0The Gene Krupa Story<\/i>, and\u00c2\u00a0Gidget<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand also guest-starred in TV series\u00c2\u00a0Mr. Lucky\u00c2\u00a0<\/i>as Beverly Mills in the 1959 episode “Little Miss Wow”. In 1960, she appeared with\u00c2\u00a0Bing Crosby\u00c2\u00a0in\u00c2\u00a0High Time<\/i>. In 1961, she appeared in\u00c2\u00a0Seven Women from Hell\u00c2\u00a0<\/i>alongside\u00c2\u00a0Cesar Romero, who would later play the\u00c2\u00a0Joker\u00c2\u00a0in\u00c2\u00a0Batman<\/i>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Craig starred in roles with\u00c2\u00a0Elvis Presley\u00c2\u00a0in two films:\u00c2\u00a0It Happened at the World’s Fair<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0(1963) and\u00c2\u00a0Kissin’ Cousins<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0(1964). She also starred in the 1966 cult sci-fi film\u00c2\u00a0Mars Needs Women<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0and appeared in\u00c2\u00a0In Like Flint<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0(1967) as a Russian ballet dancer opposite\u00c2\u00a0James Coburn.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the 1960s, she moved to television, appearing in several shows, including\u00c2\u00a0The Barbara Stanwyck Show<\/i>,\u00c2\u00a0Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0Death Valley Days,<\/i>Hennesey, and<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0My Three Sons. Craig appeared five times on<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, portraying five separate girlfriends for the titular character between 1959 and 1962. In 1969 Craig appeared on<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0Star Trek\u00c2\u00a0as Marta, a green-skinned\u00c2\u00a0Orion\u00c2\u00a0slave girl who wanted to kill\u00c2\u00a0Captain Kirk\u00c2\u00a0in a Season\u00c2\u00a03 episode called “Whom Gods Destroy”.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n In a 1965 episode of\u00c2\u00a0The Man from U.N.C.L.E.<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0(“The Brain-Killer Affair”), she helps solve the mystery of a brain-endangering poison.[7]<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0In 1966, she appeared as an U.N.C.L.E. employee in a theatrical film,\u00c2\u00a0One Spy Too Many<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0(expanded from an episode from Season Two called “The Alexander the Greater Affair”). In a 1966 episode of\u00c2\u00a0The Wild Wild West<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0(“The Night of the Grand Emir”), she played an assassin who performs an exotic Arabian dance. She also played a nurse in the U.S. Navy with exotic Arabian dance skills in an episode of\u00c2\u00a0McHale’s Navy<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0(“Pumpkin Takes Over”, 1965). She appeared in an episode of\u00c2\u00a0The Big Valley<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0with\u00c2\u00a0Lee Majors\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0Barbara Stanwyck. In a 1968 episode of\u00c2\u00a0The Ghost & Mrs. Muir<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0(“Haunted Honeymoon”), she played a bride-to-be stranded overnight at Gull Cottage. In a 1970 episode of\u00c2\u00a0Land of the Giants<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0(“Wild Journey”), she played one-half of a humanoid, time-observing duo (alongside\u00c2\u00a0Bruce Dern) who chase two of the Earth castaways (series stars\u00c2\u00a0Gary Conway\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0Don Marshall) into the past, ultimately forcing them to relive the flight that sent them to the giants’ planet.<\/strong><\/p>\n Yvonne Craig as\u00c2\u00a0Batgirl\u00c2\u00a0in 1967<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In September 1967, Craig acted her highest-profile role\u00e2\u20ac\u201das\u00c2\u00a0Batgirl\u00e2\u20ac\u201dfor the third and last season of the 1960s\u00c2\u00a0ABC\u00c2\u00a0TV series\u00c2\u00a0Batman<\/i>. As Batgirl she wore a purple and yellow outfit and rode a “purple motorcycle with white lace trim”,[5]<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0whereas as her alter ego\u00c2\u00a0Barbara Gordon\u00c2\u00a0she played the librarian daughter of\u00c2\u00a0Commissioner Gordon.[8]<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0The\u00c2\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0praised her for “add[ing] a scrappy girl-power element” to a TV series it described as “campy”.<\/strong>[3]<\/a>“<\/sup><\/p>\n Read more at the Wikipedia link!<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n A few other photos:<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n (Love the Batbike!)<\/p>\n “Yvonne had a difficult time riding her Batcycle for the\u00c2\u00a0Batman<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0show; the prop men took off the shock absorbers so they could fit batwings on it.”<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n More on Yvonne’s extensive career at: TV.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nTelevision<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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