Teresa Graves

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Teresa Graves (born January 10, 1948 in Houston , Texas , † October 10, 2002 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American singer and actress . As the leading actress in Get Christie Love! she was the first African American woman to star in a television show.

Career

She was born in Houston , Texas and began her career as a singer. She worked with The Doodletown Pipers . She began acting shortly afterwards, appearing on the shows Our Place (1967) and an episode of Turn-On (1969). She appeared regularly in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In during the third season.

Graves played in various roles until she found the role of her life in 1974: In the TV movie Get Christie Love! she played the role of Christie Love.

Later years

Graves accepted the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1974 and was baptized. She drew attention to the persecution of her fellow believers in Malawi under Hastings Kamuzu Banda .

In 1983 she retired from show business and took care of her mother. She spent the rest of her life in Los Angeles

death

On October 10, 2002, she died in an apartment fire at the age of 54.

additional

Her role in Christie Love is mentioned in the feature film Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs .

Filmography

  • 1969: Turn-On (TV series, episode)
  • 1970–1971: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series, 26 episodes)
  • 1971: The Funny Side (TV series, one episode)
  • 1972: Keeping Up with the Joneses (TV movie)
  • 1972: The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series, episode)
  • 1973: New in action ( The Rookies , TV series, an episode)
  • 1973: Jefferson Bolt - Traveler in Dynamite (That Man Bolt)
  • 1974: Vampira
  • 1974: Black Eye
  • 1974: Get Christie Love! (TV movie)
  • 1974–1975: Get Christie Love! (TV series, 22 episodes)

Awards and nominations

year price result category Film or series
1975 Golden Globe Award Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Television Series Get Christie Love!
1977 TP de Oro Won Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) Get Christie Love!

Web links

Commons : Teresa Graves  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elana Levine: Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television . Duke University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-8223-3919-6 , p. 134.
  2. ↑ a b `Get Christy Love 'TV star Teresa Graves, 54, dies in fire , Jet . October 28, 2002. Retrieved January 4, 2008. 
  3. ↑ Hal Erickson: From Beautiful Downtown Burbank: A Critical History of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in, 1968-1973 . McFarland, 1999, ISBN 0-7864-0766-2 , p. 204.
  4. ^ "TV's Tough Lady Copy," Jet magazine, Nov. 14, 1974, cover and pages 58-60, online
  5. ^ "Choosing Between Two Loves in My Life" as told by Teresa Graves, Awake! , April 22, 1977, p. 19.
  6. ^ Teresa Graves, 53, Of 'Get Christie Love' , The New York Times . October 16, 2002. Retrieved November 2, 2008. 
personal data
SURNAME Graves, Teresa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 2002
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States