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Yvonne Joyce Craig (Taylorville, 16 de maio de 1937 – Los Angeles, 17 de agosto de 2015) foi uma atriz e dançarina estadunidense. Na década de 1950 , integrou o corpo de dança do Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo e em 1959 estreou no cinema no filme The Young Land .
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Yvonne Craig was born in Taylorville, Illinois, the first of Maurice Melvin and Pauline Virginia (née Rogers) Craig's three children. Craig's father's work caused the family to move in 1951 from Columbus, Ohio to the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. Craig first attended W. H. Adamson High School for a semester and then Sunset High Schoolfor...
Ballet
Craig started studying ballet at the age of 10 at the Edith James School of Ballet in Dallas. She was discovered there by the Russian ballerina Alexandra Danilova. While still in high school, Danilova helped her obtain a scholarship to the School of American Ballet in New York city. While there, the 16 year-old Craig lived with roommate and future comedienne Carol Burnett at the Rehearsal Clubon West 53rd Street. In 1954 and 17 years old, Craig joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as its yo...
Acting
Craig explained how her acting career started in Los Angeles, saying "...this guy invited me to his office and said, 'I'm making a movie, do you want to be in it?' I said, 'No, I'm a ballet dancer and working my way toward soloist... I don't want to be an actress'. But we became friends, so one night we're out to dinner, and this man comes to the table and said John Ford's son Patrick was going to make a movie with John Wayne's son, who was also named Patrick. He asked, 'Are you an actress?'...
1950s
One of her earliest television roles was in an episode of the TV series Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lazy Lover", 1958) alongside Neil Hamilton, who played her stepfather (later Hamilton played Police Commissioner James Gordon, Batgirl's father). Shortly afterwards, she appeared in three films—The Young Land, The Gene Krupa Story, and Gidget (all 1959)—and also guest-starred in the TV series Mr. Luckyas Beverly Mills in the episode "Little Miss Wow" (also 1959).
In the 1980s Craig attended many comic and fan conventions, signing photos and talking with fans. Marvel and DC comic book letterer Steve Haynie remembered Craig's interaction with convention goers, saying "Yvonne Craig's first convention appearance was at the 1988 Magnum Opus Conin Columbus, Georgia. She was going to give away autographed photos, ...
Craig died at age 78 at her home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, on August 17, 2015, from breast cancer that had spread to her liver.She was survived by her husband, Kenneth Aldrich.
Craig, Yvonne (2000). From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond. New York: Kudu Press. ISBN 0-9678075-6-5.
Yvonne Craig at AllMovieYvonne Craig at IMDbYvonne Craig at Memory Alpha28 de jul. de 2016 · Biografia de Yvonne Craig. Yvonne Craig (1937-2015) foi uma atriz norte-americana, conhecida por ter interpretado a "Batgirl" no seriado "Batman", em 26 episódios da terceira e última temporada, exibido entre 1967 e 1968. Yvonne Craig (1937-2015) nasceu em Taylorville, Illinois, nos Estados Unidos, no dia 16 de maio de 1937.
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19 de ago. de 2015 · Faleceu na última segunda-feira, dia 17, a atriz Yvonne Craig, que ficou conhecida por interpretar a Batgirl - e seu alter ego Barbara Gordon - em Batman, a primeira série sobre o Homem-Morcego,...
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19 de ago. de 2015 · Brasil. Morre a atriz Yvonne Craig, da série ‘Batman’. A atriz Yvonne Craig ganhou fama quando, aos 30 anos de idade, foi introduzida no elenco da série Batman para dar vida à Barbara Gordon, personagem que assumia a identidade de Batgirl para combater o crime ao lado da dupla dinâmica.
19 de ago. de 2015 · Morre aos 78 anos Yvonne Craig, a Batgirl do seriado dos anos 60. A atriz Yvonne Craig morreu na segunda-feira (17), aos 78 anos, após anos de tratamento contra um câncer de mama. Fãs de Batman rapidamente associam o nome dela a seu papel mais marcante: a Batgirl da TV.
19 de ago. de 2015 · A atriz americana Yvonne Craig, conhecida por ter interpretado a Batgirl na famosa série de televisão do "Batman" na década de 1960, morreu na segunda-feira (17), aos 78 anos, informou nesta quarta (19) o site www.yvonnecraig.com.
