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Graves (1948-2002) made television history as the first Black woman to star in her own dramatic TV series when she played undercover police officer Christie Love in Get Christie Love! (1974-1975).1 After achieving success in both comedy (as a regular performer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and drama, she left Hollywood in the mid-1970s to devote herself to her religious faith as a Jehovah's Witness.
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January 10, 1948, Houston, TX
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October 10, 2002 (age 54), Inglewood, CA
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Singer (Doodletown Pipers), Actress
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*some sources say April 6, 1845
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