Roxie Roker
Roxie Albertha Roker was an American actress who portrayed Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons, half of the first interracial couple to be shown on regular prime time television. Roker is the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and paternal grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1929-08-28
- Died
- 1995-12-02
Known for
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Jennifer Bryce
- Roots (1977) — Malizy
- Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) — Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
- All in the Family (1971) — Helen Willis
- Kojak (1973) — Carol Lessonbee
- The Jeffersons (1975) — Helen Woodroow Willis
- Punky Brewster (1984) — Judge J.F. Taylor
- A Different World (1987) — Dean Barksdale
- Cagney & Lacey (1982)
- Claudine (1974) — Mrs. Winston
- 227 (1985)
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992) — Mrs. Russell
- Making of a Male Model (1983) — Madge Davis
- The Bermuda Triangle (1979) — Bohamiar Radio Operator
- Cosmic Slop (1994) — (segment 'Space Traders')
- The Day My Kid Went Punk (1987) — Phyllis Brooks