Roxie Roker
Known For
Acting
Born
1929-08-28
Died
1995-12-02
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.
Most Known For
Murder, She Wrote
as Jennifer Bryce
Cagney & Lacey
A Different World
as Dean Barksdale
All in the Family
as Helen Willis
Kojak
as Carol Lessonbee
The Jeffersons
as Helen Woodroow Willis
Punky Brewster
as Judge J.F. Taylor
Roots
as Malizy
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Mrs. Russell
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as Margaret
Claudine
as Mrs. Winston
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
Making of a Male Model
as Madge Davis
Cosmic Slop
as (segment 'Space Traders')
The Bermuda Triangle
as Bohamiar Radio Operator
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Mrs. Peoples
The Day My Kid Went Punk
as Phyllis Brooks
Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant
as Host