Batgirl Yvonne Craig. Batgirl Yvonne Craig dead at 78: Also featured in 'Star Trek' episode, Elvis Presley movies Yvonne Craig, best known as Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman, died of complications from breast cancer on Monday, Aug. 17, '15, at her home in Pacific Palisades, in the Los Angeles Westside. Craig (born May 16, 1937, in Taylorville, Illinois), who had been undergoing chemotherapy for two years, was 78. Beginning (and ending) in the final season of Batman (1967-1968), Yvonne Craig played both Commissioner Gordon's librarian daughter Barbara Gordon and her alter ego, the spunky Batgirl – armed with a laser-beaming electric make-up kit “which will destroy anything.” Unlike semi-villainess Catwoman (Julie Newmar), Batgirl was wholly on the side of Righteousness, infusing new blood into the series' increasingly anemic Dynamic Duo: Batman aka Bruce Wayne (Adam West) and Boy Wonder Robin aka Bruce Wayne's beloved pal Dick Grayson (Burt Ward). “They chose...
- 8/19/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Tori Spelling and mom Candy have had very public ups and downs, and on the next episode of Tori's relationship-repair reality show, True Tori, it's apparent that the relationship is currently on a downswing.
At the third birthday party for Tori and Dean's daughter Hattie, a happy occasion becomes volatile when uninvited guest Tatum O'Neal lashes out at an ailing Tori.
News: Tori Spelling Sends Out Cryptic Message
A stress-caused migraine preceded Candy's arrival, with Tori saying, "My mom and I have a really complicated relationship. We see each other when it's appropriate -- for the children -- and they come into play. I don't want them to not see their grandmother. She's a part of their lives. But at the same time, we don't have this relationship where we actively work on anything. We kind of just push it aside, both of us. And there's always an awkwardness."
The awkwardness...
At the third birthday party for Tori and Dean's daughter Hattie, a happy occasion becomes volatile when uninvited guest Tatum O'Neal lashes out at an ailing Tori.
News: Tori Spelling Sends Out Cryptic Message
A stress-caused migraine preceded Candy's arrival, with Tori saying, "My mom and I have a really complicated relationship. We see each other when it's appropriate -- for the children -- and they come into play. I don't want them to not see their grandmother. She's a part of their lives. But at the same time, we don't have this relationship where we actively work on anything. We kind of just push it aside, both of us. And there's always an awkwardness."
The awkwardness...
- 11/18/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
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