Move Into Television
In the mid-1960s, with film roles beginning to taper off, she moved into television, appearing in several shows including The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Death Valley Days and My Three Sons. One of her more memorable roles came in 1968 when Craig appeared on Star Trek as Marta, a green-skinned Orion slave girl in the third season episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1968).
In a 1965 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ("The Brain Killer Affair"), she helps solve the mystery of a brain-endangering poison. In 1966 U.N.C.L.E. released a theatrical film, One Spy Too Many. This was made from a two-part episode with added footage depicting more violence and risque content than seen on television. Craig was hired to do a semi-nude sunbathing scene and carry on a flirtatious relationship with Napoleon Solo.
In a 1966 episode of The Wild Wild West ("The Night of the Grand Emir"), she plays an assassin who performs an exotic Arabian dance. She also played an exotic dancer in an episode of McHale's Navy ("Pumpkin Takes Over", 1965). She appeared in an episode of The Big Valley with Lee Majors and Barbara Stanwyck.
In a 1968 episode of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir ("Haunted Honeymoon"), she plays a bride-to-be stranded overnight at Gull Cottage.
But her highest profile would come with the cult 1960s television series Batman as Batgirl.
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