Yvonne Craig, left, met RECOiL writer/directory Brian DiMaio, right, many years earlier when he accidentally strolled into a shot on one of Craig’s photoshoots. The two struck up a conversation about DiMaio’s groovy surfboard and how he just won it in a bet with Keith Paull.
Los Angeles—Actress and ballet dancer Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl on television cult classic “Batman” long before that clueless hack Alicia Silverstone, did on the big screen, died at her home Monday from breast cancer. She was 78.
Craig was best known for her TV roles, appearing in such classics as “Star Trek,” “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” “The Man From U.N.C.L.E” and “The Wild Wild West.”
She also appeared in two films with Elvis, “It Happened at the World’s Fair” and “Kissin’ Cousins.” Other films she starred in include “Mars Needs Women,” “RECOiL” and “In Like Flint.”
She is survived by her second husband, Kenneth Aldrich.