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Roxie Roker

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Roxie Roker

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Born: August 28, 1929
Died: December 2, 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

The Jeffersons

1975 Series 7.3

Amazon Women on the Moon

Making of a Male Model

Murder, She Wrote

1984 Series 7.5

The Day My Kid Went Punk

1977 Series 7.4

All in the Family

1971 Series 7.8

Filmography

19 displayed · 19 matching · 19 total

1994

Cosmic Slop

Acting (segment 'Space Traders')

1992

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

Acting (Mrs. Russell) 1 EP

1987

The Day My Kid Went Punk

Acting (Phyllis Brooks)

A Different World

Acting (Dean Barksdale) 1 EP

Amazon Women on the Moon

Acting (Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul"))

1985

227

Acting 1 EP

1984

Murder, She Wrote

Acting (Jennifer Bryce) 1 EP

Punky Brewster

Acting (Judge J.F. Taylor) 1 EP

1983

Making of a Male Model

Acting (Madge Davis)

1982

Cagney & Lacey

Acting 1 EP

1979

$weepstake$

Acting (Margaret) 1 EP

The Bermuda Triangle

Acting (Bohamiar Radio Operator)

1977

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

Acting (Mrs. Peoples)

Acting (Malizy) 1 EP

1975

The Jeffersons

Acting (Helen Woodroow Willis) 248 EP

1974

Acting (Mrs. Winston)

1973

Acting (Carol Lessonbee) 1 EP

1971

All in the Family

Acting (Helen Willis) 1 EP

1968

Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant

Acting (Host) 3 EP