TV's BATGIRL Yvonne Craig Passes Away At 78

TV's BATGIRL Yvonne Craig Passes Away At 78

Actress Yvonne Craig (Star Trek, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Fantasy Island), who is best known for her work as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl on the classic 1960s Batman TV series, has passed away at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. Come pay your respects here.

By SebsCso54 - Aug 19, 2015 05:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: Variety

Yvonne Craig, an actress best known for portraying Barbara Gordon a.k.a. Batgirl on the 1966 television series Batman, has passed away at the age of 78. She was at her home in Pacific Palisades at the time of her passing and had been battling breast cancer, which had metastasized to her liver.

In addition to Batman, she also appeared on Star TrekThe Man From U.N.C.L.E., Fantasy Island, The Mod Squad, and The Many Lives Of Dobie Gillis. Her movie appearances included It Happened At The World's Fair and Kissin' Cousins, which were both opposite Elvis Presley

Craig is survived by her husband, her sister, and two nephews. 

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TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 8/18/2015, 10:46 PM
Rest In Peace, Ms. Craig
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 8/18/2015, 10:48 PM
So Adam, Burt, Julie and Lee are the only guys left from the show now.

...Damn, RIP Yvonne.
Darktower
Darktower - 8/18/2015, 10:55 PM
RIP Yvonne Craig.

staypuffed
staypuffed - 8/18/2015, 10:58 PM
RIP Batgirl.

write33
write33 - 8/19/2015, 12:02 AM
very sad news. I spent countless hours very happily watching Batman growing up; I hope she's resting in peace.
AbhiShake
AbhiShake - 8/19/2015, 12:15 AM
R.I.P.
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 8/19/2015, 12:31 AM
It's funny...I just looked her up last month when there was a marathon of "Love, American Style" because I thought she was cute. I didn't know she was Batgirl! She was a babe:














She dated Elvis in the early 60s, no doubt as she had a great pair of...Batarangs. She was really pretty. RIP.
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 8/19/2015, 12:32 AM
Yvonne for Janet Van Dyne!



Seriously, she would have been great as she does look a bit like Evangeline Lilly.

DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 8/19/2015, 1:42 AM
No! That's fvcking... 78? She shoulda lived to 178, that's just not right. And she woulda still been hot.
I mean, I know it's hardly appropriate to say, but do you know how many times I cracked one out to this honey?
She was hot, she was awesome, she was iconoclastic and she was, most importantly, a trailblazer. A force of nature.
The world has lost a great woman. But we also gained a great woman. I mean, she coulda never existed at all.
I'm just bummed, because, like Julie Newmar, Lynda Carter, Carrie Fisher and Sigourney Weaver, I would have loved to offer sexual favors, regardless of age.
RIP.
MikeyL
MikeyL - 8/19/2015, 2:36 AM
I can't be the only one who's more than a little disgusted that when a great cultural figure sadly passes, people on this site just talk about their looks and them in sexual ways. I mean seriously, the woman just died and you talk about her breasts, masturbating over her and how you would have liked to have sex with her. It's bad enough it's constantly talked about with alive actresses, but those who have recently died? Disgusting.
Rest in peace, Ms Craig.
ralfinader
ralfinader - 8/19/2015, 4:34 AM
RIP Bat-Girl. Loved Bat-Man, and would get so excited when she swung in at the end of the opening credits, or hear the Bat-Girl theme.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 8/19/2015, 4:56 AM
One of my earliest boyhood crushes. A beautiful lady.
FriendORFaux
FriendORFaux - 8/19/2015, 4:58 AM
Rest in Peace Ms. Craig.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 8/19/2015, 5:10 AM
RIP to a beautiful lady.
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 8/19/2015, 5:21 AM
zmikey@ Talking about procreation in the face of death is disgusting?
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 8/19/2015, 5:32 AM
@zmikey

Sorry Mike, we all can't be into men like you are. I'll be more considerate when Stan Lee passes and be sure to post those crotchless selfies of his from the 70s so its 100% fair across the sexes. Ol' Stan sure liked his naked cocaine parties! ;)
MrSnrub
MrSnrub - 8/19/2015, 6:37 AM
Such a beautiful lady. This week has been hard. First, the route 28 batman dies in an accident and now this. RIP.
pcdsim
pcdsim - 8/19/2015, 7:13 AM
RIP Batgirl :(
CaptainPresley
CaptainPresley - 8/19/2015, 7:45 AM
Yvonne Craig's career spanned my three great interests: Batman, Star Trek and Elvis. You will be missed.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/19/2015, 8:41 AM
Aw, RIP.
2BOOKOO4U
2BOOKOO4U - 8/19/2015, 9:54 AM
She was a really nice lady in person.
She will be missed.

RIP.
Newbus
Newbus - 8/19/2015, 11:37 AM
Damn and only the other I was wondering what happened to her. She was definately the one the most attractive women on TV. I remember her Batgirl motorcycle.
ChuckV
ChuckV - 8/19/2015, 11:44 AM
R.I.P. Yvonne Craig - she was amazing as BATGIRL. A part of my youth is gone. :(
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 8/19/2015, 12:16 PM
R.I.P.

slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 8/19/2015, 12:17 PM
RIP.. I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and get rejected by her beautiful bat@ss...
McGee
McGee - 8/19/2015, 12:25 PM
Are you f-cking kidding me? Man...

RIP.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 8/19/2015, 12:44 PM
LMAO mcgee, you should probably delete that link.
McGee
McGee - 8/19/2015, 12:54 PM
LMAO! Is it real? I just posted a bunch of numbers and letters. Someone test it out.
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