Roxie Roker
Acting
Born: 1929-08-28
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
A Different World
Dean Barksdale
All in the Family
Helen Willis
The Jeffersons
Helen Woodroow Willis
Punky Brewster
Judge J.F. Taylor
Kojak
Carol Lessonbee
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Mrs. Russell
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Roots
Malizy
Amazon Women on the Moon
Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
Claudine
Mrs. Winston
Making of a Male Model
Madge Davis
Cosmic Slop
(segment 'Space Traders')
The Bermuda Triangle
Bohamiar Radio Operator
The Day My Kid Went Punk
Phyllis Brooks
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Mrs. Peoples