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Yvonne Craig as Batgirl in the Batman TV series, 1967. ABC brought the Batgirl character into the TV series in 1967 in an attempt to boost flagging ratings. DC comics had re-introduced the character back into the Batman family earlier in 1966. Batgirl's alter ego was Barbara Gordon, Commissioner Gordon's daughter–a mild-mannered librarian at the Gotham Library. A shared criticism of Batgirl and other female superheroes in television at the time (such as Wonder Woman and the Bionic Woman), is that she was not allowed to engage in hand-to-hand combat on screen. As such, her fights were choreographed carefully to imitate the moves of a Broadway showgirl.

Colour pencil portrait - Faber Castell Polychromos 29x20 cm.

I was thrown on the background for the drawing as the original reference picture used had a bright orange background which didn't looks right to me.
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Doctorwholovesthe80s's avatar

Also, Yvonne Craig studied as a ballerina so the fight choreographers decided to incorporate that to add a pinch more realism.