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Yvonne Craig

1937 - 2015

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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 the green-skinned Orion Marta in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969). The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer of female superheroes" for television. Craig was a philanthropist and "an advocate for workers unions, free mammograms, and equal pay for women". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yvonne Craig is the 5,750th most popular actor (down from 4,593rd in 2019), the 8,946th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,718th in 2019) and the 2,647th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Yvonne Craig ranks 5,750 out of 13,578. Before her are Götz Otto, Charisma Carpenter, Carlos Bernard, Albert Salmi, Venkatesh, and Alessandro Nivola. After her are Connie Sawyer, Sachiko Hidari, George Coulouris, Parveen Babi, Armin Shimerman, and Andrei Abrikosov.

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Among people born in 1937, Yvonne Craig ranks 447. Before her are Anna Massey, Raj Reddy, Barbara Windsor, Claes Andersson, David Margulies, and Martin Lauer. After her are Viktor Mamatov, Arturo Chaires, Nancy Wilson, Martin Litchfield West, Vilmos Varjú, and Joseph P. Allen. Among people deceased in 2015, Yvonne Craig ranks 382. Before her are Peter de Klerk, Osamu Hayaishi, Raymond Gosling, Guru Josh, Héctor Salva, and Olga Knyazeva. After her are Gennadiy Seleznyov, Karin Söder, Paride Tumburus, Josefa Francisco, Thelma Coyne Long, and James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yvonne Craig ranks 8,948 out of 20,380. Before her are Scott Gorham (1951), Sylvester Graham (1794), Albert Salmi (1928), Cornelius Warmerdam (1915), Brittany Andrews (1973), and Alessandro Nivola (1972). After her are Lawrence Bender (1957), Henry Dreyfuss (1904), Doc Rivers (1961), Connie Sawyer (1912), Gerald Guralnik (1936), and Ramblin' Jack Elliott (1931).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Yvonne Craig ranks 2,648. Before her are Seth Green (1974), Nancy Walker (1922), Charisma Carpenter (1970), Carlos Bernard (1962), Albert Salmi (1928), and Alessandro Nivola (1972). After her are Connie Sawyer (1912), Armin Shimerman (1949), Traylor Howard (1966), Celia Weston (1951), Dennis Christopher (1955), and Paula Strasberg (1909).

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