Person
Roxie Roker
Acting · 1929–1995
Biography
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
Murder, She Wrote
Jennifer Bryce
Cagney & Lacey
1982
A Different World
Dean Barksdale
All in the Family
Helen Willis
Kojak
Carol Lessonbee
The Jeffersons
Helen Woodroow Willis
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Mrs. Russell
227
1985
Punky Brewster
Judge J.F. Taylor
Roots
Malizy
Filmography
- 1994Cosmic Slop(segment 'Space Traders')
- 1992Hangin' with Mr. CooperMrs. Russell
- 1987The Day My Kid Went PunkPhyllis Brooks
- 1987A Different WorldDean Barksdale
- 1987Amazon Women on the MoonFemale Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
- 1985227
- 1984Murder, She WroteJennifer Bryce
- 1984Punky BrewsterJudge J.F. Taylor
- 1983Making of a Male ModelMadge Davis
- 1982Cagney & Lacey
- 1979$weepstake$Margaret
- 1979The Bermuda TriangleBohamiar Radio Operator
- 1977Billy: Portrait of a Street KidMrs. Peoples
- 1977RootsMalizy
- 1975The JeffersonsHelen Woodroow Willis
- 1974ClaudineMrs. Winston
- 1973KojakCarol Lessonbee
- 1971All in the FamilyHelen Willis
- 1968Inside Bedford-StuyvesantHost
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