Teresa Graves Net Worth

Terresa Graves net worth is
$2 Million

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

Full Name	Terresa Graves
Net Worth	$2 Million
Date Of Birth	January 10, 1948
Died	2002-10-10
Death Cause	Burns sustained in House Fire.
Place Of Birth	Houston, Texas, USA
Height	5' 10" (1.78 m)
Occupation	Actress, Singer
Profession	Actress
Nicknames	Teresa Graves, Graves, Teresa
Star Sign	Capricorn

#	Quote
1	Jehovah is first. My job is second.

#	Fact
1	The "Blaxploitation" TV movie pilot of Get Christie Love!: Get Christie Love! (1974) was so well-received that it quickly became the one-hour series _"Get Christie Love!" (1974). By the time the series began, however, Teresa had become so entrenched in her newly-found religion that she made what producers considered unreasonable demands on the set, refusing to do any scenes that violated Biblical scripture. As the sassy, slugging, sexy, super-hip undercover detective, Teresa insisted on not being involved in any sexy or violent scenes, would not do scenes in which her character killed anyone or even lied--difficult as an undercover cop--and would work only until 5:00 p.m. in order to attend her Christian studies. The show barely lasted one season.
2	Teresa never married, deciding to only "marry in the Lord." She became a full-time Jehovah's Witness preacher in the mid-1970s.
3	Nicknamed "Tootie" (or "Tudie"), Teresa lived with her ailing mother, Willie Graves, in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles for quite some time. Her mother was hospitalized after suffering a stroke at the time of the 12:30 a.m. fatal home fire on October 10, 2002, which probably saved her life.
4	The shapely actress was widely recognized as the "Mod, Mod World's Bikini Girl" on the Laugh-In (1967) series. That led to her touring with Bob Hope on his USO shows and TV specials. Her final professional appearance, in fact, was on a Hope TV special in 1982.
5	Among those attending her memorial on October 16, 2002 were fellow Laugh-In (1967) regulars Ruth Buzzi, Henry Gibson and Gary Owens.
6	By coincidence, 84-year-old actor Dennis Patrick died three days after Teresa in a Los Angeles home fire.
7	Was acknowledged as the first African-American woman to play the lead in a police film and TV show and the first to have her own one-hour series.
8	Was influenced by her Bible-studying cousin Peggy to become a Jehovah's Witness. While she was in England in 1973 filming Old Drac (1974), Teresa became intensely involved in the religion, acting in the film by day and studying the Bible by night.
9	In 1973, fellow Laugh-In (1967) cast member Jeremy Lloyd, who wrote the screenplay for Old Drac (1974), was instrumental in Teresa being cast in the film in the lead role of Dracula's wife, Countess Vampira. This was her first movie lead, which was filmed in England.
10	Had two brothers: A.D. and Mannie Graves.
11	Profiled in "Women of Blaxploitation: How the Black Action Film Heroine Changed American Popular Culture" by Yvonne D. Sims (McFarland, 2006).
12	Firefighters responding to a fire in the Hyde Park section of Los Angeles found Graves unconscious in a rear bedroom of her home. She was taken to Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital in nearby Inglewood, where she died. A faulty portable space heater was determined to be the cause of the blaze. A smoke alarm in the front of the house was activated but Teresa failed to hear it. Neighbors said they didn't know of the highly religious Graves's past life as a TV star. She died of burns and smoke inhalation not long after arriving at the hospital. [October 2002]
13	Completely abandoned her acting career in 1983 in order to concentrate on her spiritual life as a Jehovah's Witness.
14	Upon graduation from high school, she got her professional start in show business as a member of the singing group The Doodletown Pipers, which toured clubs in America, Canada and Puerto Rico. She stayed with the company for two years before leaving and searching for an acting career.

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
Get Christie Love!	1974-1975	TV Series	Christie Love
Old Drac	1974		Countess Vampira
Black Eye	1974		Cynthia
That Man Bolt	1973		Samantha Nightingale
The Rookies	1973	TV Series	Susan Davis
The New Dick Van Dyke Show	1972	TV Series	Nurse Allen
Keeping Up with the Joneses	1972	TV Movie
The Funny Side	1971	TV Series	Minority Wife
Laugh-In	1969-1970	TV Series	Regular Performer
Turn-On	1969	TV Series	Regular

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny	1982	TV Movie	Herself
Dinah!	1975	TV Series	Herself
The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour	1973	TV Series	Herself
Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour	1972	TV Series	Herself
The New Bill Cosby Show	1972	TV Series	Herself
Soul Train	1972	TV Series documentary	Herself
The John Byner Comedy Hour	1972	TV Series	Herself
Portable Electric Medicine Show	1972	TV Movie	Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1972	TV Series	Herself
The Hollywood Squares	1970-1971	TV Series	Herself
Laugh-In	1971	TV Series	Herself - Guest Performer / Herself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1971	TV Series	Herself - Singer
The Bob Hope Special	1971	TV Movie	Herself
Ed Sullivan's Armed Forces Tour	1970	TV Movie	Herself
The Bob Hope Show	1970	TV Series	Herself
The Real Tom Kennedy Show	1970	TV Series	Herself
The Merv Griffin Show	1970	TV Series	Herself
The Mike Douglas Show	1970	TV Series	Herself
The Bob Hope Christmas Special	1970	TV Special	Herself
Letters to Laugh-In	1969	TV Series	Herself
Soul	1968	TV Movie	Herself
The Red Skelton Hour	1968	TV Series	Herself - Guest Vocalist
Our Place	1967	TV Series	Herself (1967)