Teresa Graves

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 19741975 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 Im Gonna Make You Love Me and Respect Prior to that she appeared on variety shows such as Our Place 1967 and TurnOn 1969 In addition to Get Christie Love famous for her line Youre under arrest sugah she appeared in Rowan Martins LaughIn 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