Sultry Bathing Beauty Yvonne Craig Cools Down W/ Ice Cream Vintage Photograph
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:4437678 | Size: 8" x 10" |
| Original/Reproduction: Original | Modified Item: No |
| Subject: Yvonne Craig | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
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ITEM: This is a 1960s vintage and original MGM studio photograph of film and television actress Yvonne Craig. Posed in a fur hat and bikini, the sultry star tries to cool down by sitting on large blocks of ice and treating herself to an ice cream treat. This is a fun and sexy old Hollywood portrait with great cheesecake pin-up sass and humor.
A ballet dancer and actress Craig is best known for her role as Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman and as the green-skinned Orion slave girl Marta in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969).
Measures 8" x 10" on a glossy single weight paper stock.
CONDITION: Fine condition with corner wear and some scattered creasing from handling. Please use the included images as a conditional guide.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
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Yvonne Joyce Craig was born on May 16, 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois. As a young teenager, Yvonne showed such promise as a dancer that she was accepted to Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her training progressed until she left the company in 1957 over a disagreement on casting changes. She moved to Los Angeles hoping to continue her dancing, but was soon cast in movies. At first, Yvonne had small roles in movies such as Gidget (1959) and The Gene Krupa Story (1959). After that, her film career just bumped along. As Yvonne was dating Elvis Presley at the time, she did have a supporting role in the two Elvis movies, It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) and Kissin' Cousins (1964).
But her fame would come with the cult television series Batman (1966) in which she played Commissioner Gordon's daughter, Barbara. Her secret identity was Batgirl and as the Commissioner's daughter, she had access to all the calls of trouble taking place in Gotham City. Her character, Batgirl, was part of the 1967-68 season, which was the end of the run for the series. After Batman (1966), she also appeared on other television series such as Star Trek (1966) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). As her career wound down, Yvonne went into the real estate business. Yvonne Craig died at age 78 of breast cancer at her home in Pacific Palisades, California on August 17, 2015.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Fontana
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