The Actresses Who Played Batgirl

Yvonne Craig began her ballet training in 1954 in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo which lasted until 1957 from there she went on to acting. At first it was a way to pay the bills and pay for her dancing lessons. Her very first role was a short one in 1957 on Eighteen and Anxious and altho The Young Lad (with Patrick Wayne, John Wayne's son) was filmed in '57, it wouldn't make it to screen until 1959. In 1960, Yvonne married singer Jimmy Boyd but it only lasted a couple of years. During the early to mid 60's, Yvonne bounced between doing movies and television shows such as The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960), Death Valley Days (1962) and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959 - 1962). Her big break came when she co-starred with Elvis Presley in 2 of his movies, It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) and Kissin Cousins (1964). Then starring with James Corborn in '67 in the movie In Like Flint. Then in 1967 the "powers that be" for Batman needed a female presences among them and Batgirl was made. Yvonne played Batgirl/Barbara Gordon during the last year it was on the air. After her run as Batgirl in '68, Yvonne Craig was pretty much stuck on television work after that. In 1968 she played in The Ghost and Mrs Muir and The Mod Squad then in '69 she put on her best green face and played in an episode of Star Trek. During the 70s Yvonne Craig can be seen in shows such as The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Starsky and Hutch, The Six Million Dollar Man, Emergency, Mannix and Kojak.

After that her acting career went down to basically nothing so she then turned to real estate. In 1988 she married Kenneth Aldrich and she still remains a classic cult siren from the 60s. She even has her own website.

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Before she became the 1997 Batgirl for George Clooney and Chris O'Donnel's Batman and Robin movie, Alicia Silverstone made her debut at the age of 6 doing modeling, some commercials (first one was for Domino's Pizza) and then after getting noticed in the movie The Crush which not only got her 2 MTV Awards (Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Villain)but she ended up being in a few of Aerosmith's music video which ended up getting her noticed by Amy Heckerling who cast her in the movie Clueless in '95, which she won 2 more MTV Awards (Best Female Performance, Best Comedic Performance both in '96). During 1995, Silverstone also starred in The Babysitter. In 1997, after starring as Batgirl in Batman and Robin, Silverstone got herself another award, this one was A Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress. After her role in Clueless, Alicia signed a contract with Columbia-TriStar as part of that contract she received a three-year first-look deal for her own production company, First Kiss Productions and the first movie that her company put out was Excess Baggage which didn't rank much higher then Batman and Robin.

In the early 2000 Alicia did a couple of movies, Scorched and Love's Labour's Lost in addition to doing the voice of Sharon Spitz in Braceface but then she left the limelight for awhile. When she resurfaced it was to Miss Match, a television show which didn't last very long at all. From 2004 - 2005 Alicia played in Beauty Shop with Queen Latifah and in Scooby Doo with Sarah Michelle Geller and Freddy Prinze Jr. In 2005 also saw her marriage to Christopher Jarecki (lead singer of group S.T.U.N.), after dating for the past 8 year. Being vegetarian, Alicia has also written a diet book recently combining what we put in our bodies and what we're doing to the planet, and how choosing the right foods in the kitchen can help you feeling lighter, sexier, and more alive.

Dina Meyer started out modeling when she was 9 years and kept with it until she was 16. Altho Dina Meyer never actually played Batgirl, she did play Barbara Gordon in the short lived tv series Birds of Prey which was loosely based on the DC comic version of the same name. Barbara Gordon however went by the name of Oracle in this version. During the late 90s, Dina played in tv series such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Friends and Ally McBeal but her breakthrough role was probably the one in Johnny Mnemonic. with Keanu Reeves. Most will probably recognize her from starring Saw, Saw ll, Saw lll and Saw lV. Through-out 2000 however she's played in different sci-fi shows such as Starship Troopers and Star Trek Nemesis and crime shows such as CSI and CSI Miami. This talented lady has proven herself over and over in movies such as, Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough, Decoys 2: Alien Seduction and most recently Burn Notice.

Jane Webb was the very first voice over actress to play Batgirl in 1968 in the Batman/Superman Hour. She was also know as the voices of Betty Cooper / Veronica Lodge / Big Ethel Merchant / Miss Grundy in all the Archie Cartoons.

Melendy Britt was the voice over actress of Batgirl in The New Adventures of Batman in 1977. She also did little roles in shows like Kojak, Police Woman and Starsky and Hutch. Her most recent role was as Dr Carlene Woods in The Young and the Restless.

Melissa Gilbert, yes you got it, half-pint. The little girl with the long braided pig tails from Little House on the Praire. In 1988 she became the voice of Batgirl in the animated version of Batman.

Tara Strong has done the voice of Batgirl in a number of different animated versions of Batman such as The New Batman Adventures in 1998, Batman Beyond (2000), Gotham Girls and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman in 2003. She was also the voice of Alice in The Penguins of Madagascar and Marrow in Wolverine and The X-Men.

Angie Harmon did a little stint as the voice of Batgirl as well in Batman Beyond (2000) right in the middle of playing A.D.A on Law and Order.

Danielle Judovits is the latest to lend her voice to that of Batgirl in The Batman. But she to has also gone on to Wolverine and The X-Men as Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat