Roxie Roker
Acting
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.
Born: August 28, 1929
Known For
Filmography
1994
Cosmic Slop
as (segment 'Space Traders')
1992
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Mrs. Russell
1987
The Day My Kid Went Punk
as Phyllis Brooks
1987
A Different World
as Dean Barksdale
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Jennifer Bryce
1984
Punky Brewster
as Judge J.F. Taylor
1983
Making of a Male Model
as Madge Davis
1982
1979
The Bermuda Triangle
as Bohamiar Radio Operator
1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Mrs. Peoples
1975
The Jeffersons
as Helen Woodroow Willis
1974
Claudine
as Mrs. Winston
1973
Kojak
as Carol Lessonbee
1971
All in the Family
as Helen Willis