{"id":5623,"date":"2022-02-04T18:27:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2022-03-03T17:15:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:15:55","slug":"black-history-month-women-in-film-tv-teresa-graves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/black-history-month-women-in-film-tv-teresa-graves\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month: Women in Film &amp; TV &#8211; Teresa Graves"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5623\" class=\"elementor elementor-5623\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d6304f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec9f906 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec9f906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/news\/culture-and-history\/get-teresa-graves\/\">Teresa<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/news\/culture-and-history\/get-teresa-graves\/\">Graves<\/a>\u00a0was an American actress and singer who was best known for her work in the ABC crime drama <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Get Christie Love!<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\"> She was the second African-American woman to star in her own hour-long show, and the first to star in an American drama series. She was once described by Jet Magazine as \u201c<\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">television&#8217;s most delightful detective, the epitome of a tough lady cop with more feminine features than Venus.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #500050;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27960b1\" data-id=\"27960b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fb17c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1fb17c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"290\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/s-l400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/s-l400.jpg 290w, https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/s-l400-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adfea61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"adfea61\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e1df15\" data-id=\"5e1df15\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a177a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a177a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">Ms. Graves started her career as a singer with the Doodletown Pipers before turning to acting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">She appeared on many popular TV shows including <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Rowan &amp; Martin\u2019s Laugh-In <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">and <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">The Dick Van Dyke Show, <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">however, she is most known for her starring role in <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Get Christie Love! <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">where she played the first black female cop hired by the Los Angeles Police Department. It originally aired as a made-for-TV movie but was so successful it was turned into a television show. 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<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">Graves retired from the entertainment business in order to devote more time to her faith.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small;line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px\">On October 10th, 2002, Teresa Graves<\/span> was tragically killed in a home fire at the age 54, however, she will live on as Detective Christie Love on our screens. She was a trailblazer for Black women in television and her accomplishments will not be forgotten. <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small;line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small;line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">To watch the made-for-TV movie, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Get Christie Love!, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwoman.tv\/playstream\/04288c79ef87188b05e8806c55c57b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iWoman.tv<\/a> to view our Black History Month Film Collection.<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teresa\u00a0Graves\u00a0was an American actress and singer who was best known for her work in the ABC crime drama Get Christie Love! 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