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Teresa Graves
Houston, Texas, USA
Teresa Graves was an American actress and singer born on 10 January 1948 in Texas. She is best known for her leading role in the television series *Get Christie Love!* (1974–1975)…
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Teresa Graves was an American actress and singer born on 10 January 1948 in Texas. She is best known for her leading role in the television series *Get Christie Love!* (1974–1975), in which she played an undercover detective, becoming the first Black woman to star in a primetime drama series in the United States. She began her career as a singer, appearing notably on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1971 with songs such as "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" and "Respect". Prior to that, she appeared on variety shows such as Our Place (1967) and Turn-On (1969). In addition to Get Christie Love!, famous for her line "You're under arrest, sugah!", she appeared in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (season 3) and films such as That Man Bolt (1973). She also toured with Bob Hope on a USO tour in 1969. Teresa Graves retired from the industry in 1983 for religious reasons and died on 10 October 2002 in an accidental fire in Los Angeles.
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2016
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
Movie Self
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1974
Dinah!
TV show Self
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1974
Vampira
Movie Countess Vampira
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1974
Black Eye
Movie Cynthia
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1974
Get Christie Love!
TV show Christie Love
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1974
Get Christie Love!
Movie Christie Love
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1973
That Man Bolt
Movie Samantha Nightingale
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1972
The Rookies
TV show Susan Davis
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1971
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
TV show Nurse Allen
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1971
The Funny Side
TV show Minority Wife
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1969
Turn-On
TV show
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Regular Performer
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
