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Actor
Roxie Roker
- Born August 28, 1929
- Died December 2, 1995
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 Wrote1984
Roots1977
Amazon Women on the Moon1987
All in the Family1971
Kojak1973
The Jeffersons1975
Punky Brewster1984
A Different World1987
Filmography
- 1994Cosmic SlopFilm(segment 'Space Traders')
- 1992Hangin' with Mr. CooperSeriesMrs. Russell
- 1987Amazon Women on the MoonFilmFemale Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
- 1987A Different WorldSeriesDean Barksdale
- 1987The Day My Kid Went PunkFilmPhyllis Brooks
- 1985227Series
- 1984Murder, She WroteSeriesJennifer Bryce
- 1984Punky BrewsterSeriesJudge J.F. Taylor
- 1983Making of a Male ModelFilmMadge Davis
- 1982Cagney & LaceySeries
- 1979The Bermuda TriangleFilmBohamiar Radio Operator
- 1979$weepstake$SeriesMargaret
- 1977RootsSeriesMalizy
- 1977Billy: Portrait of a Street KidFilmMrs. Peoples
- 1975The JeffersonsSeriesHelen Woodroow Willis
- 1974ClaudineFilmMrs. Winston
- 1973KojakSeriesCarol Lessonbee
- 1971All in the FamilySeriesHelen Willis
- 1968Inside Bedford-StuyvesantSeriesHost