Teresa Graves

Teresa Graves
Graves in Get Christie Love!, 1974
Born(1948-01-10)January 10, 1948
DiedOctober 10, 2002(2002-10-10) (aged 54)
Other names
  • Theresa Graves
  • Tressa Graves
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1966–1983
Known forDet. Christie Love – Get Christie Love!
Spouse
William D. Reddick
(m. 1977; div. 1983)
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Terresa Graves (January 10, 1948 – October 10, 2002), credited as Teresa Graves, was an American actress and singer, best known for her starring role as undercover police detective Christie Love in the ABC crime-drama television series Get Christie Love! (1974–1975). The role made Graves the second African-American female to star in a non-stereotypical role for a U.S. drama television series. The first was Diahann Carroll in Julia, which aired 3 years earlier from 1968 to 1971. The Get Christie Love! series was based on Dorothy Uhnak's crime-thriller novel The Ledger.[2][3]

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  2. ^ Levine, Elana (2007). Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television. Duke University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-8223-3919-9.
  3. ^ Soul: Black Power, Politics, and Pleasure, edited by Monique Guillory, Richard Green, Richard Green, Dr. Retrieved December 19, 2019.