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Teresa Graves is a Actor American born on 10 january 1948 at Houston (USA)

Teresa Graves

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Birth name Terresa Graves
Nationality USA
Birth 10 january 1948 at Houston (USA)
Death 10 october 2002 (at 54 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Teresa Graves (born Terresa Graves; January 10, 1948 – October 10, 2002) was an American actress and singer. As the star of the 1974 Get Christie Love!, Graves is credited as being the first African-American woman to star in her own hour-long drama television series.

Biography

Née à Houston au Texas, Teresa Graves commença sa carrière comme chanteuse avec The Doodletown Pipers . Elle est devenue rapidement actrice et participa régulièrement à deux productions Flops Our Place (1967) et "Turn On" (1969). Elle a participé régulièrement au Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In lors de la troisième saison.

Terera Graves est apparue dans quelques films avant son rôle principal dans la série télévisée Christie Love diffusée à partir de 1974. Elle reprenait le rôle d'un enquêteur de police en compagnie des acteurs Charles Cioffi et Jack Kelly.

Teresa Graves fut baptisée en tant que membre de la religion des Témoins de Jéhovah en 1974, et immédiatement elle entreprit d'utiliser sa célébrité pour dénoncer internationalement la persécution des Témoins de Jéhovah au Malawi sous le régime dictatorial de Hastings Kamuzu Banda. En 1983, elle se retire du show business pour se consacrer plus pleinement à sa religion. Pour le restant de sa vie, Teresa Graves demeura dans le quartier de Hyde Park à Los Angeles en Californie et prit soin de sa mère. Sa mère était hospitalisée au moment de l'incendie après avoir subi un accident vasculaire cérébral.

Le 10 octobre 2002, un incendie causé vraisemblablement par un appareil de chauffage d'appoint défectueux s'est déclaré dans sa résidence. Elle fut retrouvée inconsciente dans sa chambre à coucher et transportée d'urgence à l'hôpital et son décès fut constaté un peu plus tard.

Usually with

Paul Baxley
Paul Baxley
(1 films)
Ralph James
Ralph James
(1 films)
Jack Arnold
Jack Arnold
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Teresa Graves (4 films)

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Actress

Black Eye
Black Eye (1974)
, 1h38
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth, Teresa Graves, Richard Anderson, Cyril Delevanti, Richard X. Slattery
Roles Cynthia
Rating56% 2.8063252.8063252.8063252.8063252.806325
A private detective takes a case involving a religious cult and a movie star's death.
Vampira
Vampira (1974)
, 1h28
Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors David Niven, Teresa Graves, Jennie Linden, Veronica Carlson, Nicky Henson, Linda Hayden
Roles Countess Vampira
Rating44% 2.2140652.2140652.2140652.2140652.214065
Count Dracula is an old vampire who, because of his advanced age, is forced to host tours of his castle to get new victims. In an attempt to revive his long-lost love, Vampira, Dracula sets out to collect blood from the bevy of Playboy Playmates living at his castle. However, one of the Playmates whose blood is drained is black, turning the revived Vampira into a black woman.
Get Christie Love!, 1h14
Directed by William A. Graham
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Teresa Graves, Harry Guardino, Charles Cioffi, Louise Sorel, Jack Kelly, Paul Stevens
Roles Christie Love
Rating57% 2.877762.877762.877762.877762.87776
The film was inspired by the 1970s heroine blaxploitation films such as Tamara Dobson's Cleopatra Jones (1973), and Pam Grier's Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974). The title character had a catchphrase; upon apprehending a criminal, Love would declare, "You're under arrest, Sugah!" The film proved a success, and consequently spawned a short-lived television series on the ABC network featuring Charles Cioffi as Love's supervisor, Lt. Matt Reardon, and later Jack Kelly as Capt. Arthur Ryan, the next supervisor. However, the series, financed on a meager budget and heavily sanitized to conform to Graves' religious morals (she had joined Jehovah's Witnesses since the making of the TV film), was eventually cancelled. One episode featured many of Graves' former Laugh-In co-stars such as Judy Carne, Jo Anne Worley and Arte Johnson in particular playing a mad bomber. Another notable guest star was Jaclyn Smith, who appeared in an episode entitled "A Fashion Heist.
That Man Bolt, 1h43
Directed by Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Fred Williamson, Teresa Graves, Masatoshi Nakamura, John Orchard, Jack Ging, Kenji Kazama
Roles Samantha Nightingale
Rating57% 2.899572.899572.899572.899572.89957
Courier Jefferson Bolt is asked to take a briefcase from Hong Kong to Mexico City, but he is not told what is in it or the identity of the man who asks him, a man named Griffiths. Convinced he will get good pay and see a few good places, Bolt takes on the job, while looking out for anything suspicious. Soon he does find exotic places, beautiful women, and ruthless gunmen interested in the briefcase.