Roxie Roker
Born
August 28, 1929
Died
December 2, 1995 (66 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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
Cosmic Slop
(segment 'Space Traders')
1994
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Mrs. Russell · (1 episode)
1992
The Day My Kid Went Punk
Phyllis Brooks
1987
A Different World
Dean Barksdale · (1 episode)
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
1987
227
(1 episode)
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Jennifer Bryce · (1 episode)
1984
Punky Brewster
Judge J.F. Taylor · (1 episode)
1984
Making of a Male Model
Madge Davis
1983
Cagney & Lacey
(1 episode)
1982
Sweepstakes
(1 episode)
1979
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Mrs. Peoples
1977
The Jeffersons
Helen Woodroow Willis · (248 episodes)
1975
Claudine
Mrs. Winston
1974
Kojak
Carol Lessonbee · (1 episode)
1973
All in the Family
Helen Willis · (1 episode)
1971