{"id":127547,"date":"2015-08-19T19:49:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T01:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/19\/rip-yvonne-craig.html"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T21:47:21","slug":"rip-yvonne-craig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/19\/rip-yvonne-craig.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Yvonne Craig"},"content":{"rendered":"

The actress was best known for her hip, liberated role as Batgirl in the final season of the Batman<\/i> TV series — though she also played a crazy green Orion girl on an episode of Star Trek<\/i> She did a ton of TV and some movies all through the 60s and 70s, then "retired" to being a real estate agent (full media resume here: http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0186051\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1<\/a>).<\/p>\n

An extended mix of her Batgirl role, complete with the "Batgirl" song can be found here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/aX5zNM_KA8I<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, Ms Craig, for much entertainment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nYvonne Craig, Actress Who Played Batgirl, Is Dead at 78<\/a><\/span>
\nMs. Craig added a scrappy girl-power element to the campy hit 1960s TV series “Batman.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The actress was best known for her hip, liberated role as Batgirl in the final season of the Batman TV series — though she also played a crazy green Orion girl on an episode of Star Trek She did a ton of TV and some movies all through the 60s and 70s, then "retired" to … Continue reading “RIP, Yvonne Craig”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-performers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31655,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/09\/gail-simone-gets-fired-from-batgirl-by-e-mail.html","url_meta":{"origin":127547,"position":0},"title":"Gail Simone gets fired from "Batgirl" … by e-mail","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 9-Dec-12 8:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Which is really strange (given that it's been a successfully-selling book) and distressing (as Simone is one of the top female writers in comics today). \u00a0Given DC's dubious relationships with its female readers \/ creators \/ characters, it's also more than a bit worrisome.\"Batgirl\" hasn't been my favorite comic in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31691,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/10\/gale-simone-batgirl-follow-up.html","url_meta":{"origin":127547,"position":1},"title":"Gale Simone \/ Batgirl follow-up","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 10-Dec-12 5:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So, much brouhaha and outrage over Simone revealing she'd been fired (by e-mail, no less) from writing \"Batgirl\" last week. \u00a0All along the way, though, she's been a class act.Earlier today on Twitter:Guys, I'm hearing that people are getting personal nasty emails about this Batgirl thing. 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