Yvonne Craig has passed away. Best
known for her role as Batgirl in the 1960s Batman TV show, the 78-year-old
actress succumbed to complications brought about from breast cancer that had
metastasized to her liver. Craig's last moments were spent surrounded by her
immediate family at her home in Pacific Palisades.
Besides her work in the Batman show, Craig's prolific career includes roles
in Star Trek, Fantasy Island, Starsky & Hutch, The Six Million Dollar Man,
Kojak, Mannix, The Mod Squad, Mars Needs Women, In Like Flint, My Favorite
Martian, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 77 Sunset Strip, and The Many Loves of Dobie
Gillis. She worked opposite such names as Bing Crosby, Sal Mineo, Don
Knotts, George Hamilton, Dwayne Hickman, Dennis Hopper as well as Elvis Presley
and James Coburn.
Craig
also worked outside of the Hollywood, in real estate, where she was involved
with both commercial and residential properties. She and her sister were also
involved in the prepaid phone card business when it first appeared, producing
cards for charitable events as well as promotional cards for Paramount
Pictures' Clueless, and Warner Bros' Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
The
actress is survived by her husband, Kenneth Aldrich, her sister Meridel Carson,
and nephews Christopher and Todd Carson.
Through the years,
Craig became involved in multiple charitable, and philanthropic organizations
as well as being a public voice in support of workers unions, equal pay for woman, and
free mammograms for women who could not afford them. With her husband, Yvonne was
also an advocate of education and long time supporters of education on all
levels. They were actively involved with the Phillips Brooks House Association
at Harvard, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, two different charter
schools, and the Liberal Education for Arts Professionals out of St. Mary’s
College of California better known as LEAP. She also volunteered time and
tutored and mentored disadvantaged students.
In lieu of flowers, please make
donations to: The Angeles Clinic Foundation by mail at 2001 Santa Monica Blvd,
Santa Monica, CA 90404 or by going into their website at www.theangelesclinicfoundation.org and following the “Donate” link.
Source - Yvonne Craig Official Website
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