Roxie Roker

Born: 1929-08-28

Died: 1995-12-02

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.

Filmography

• Murder, She Wrote (1984)
• A Different World (1987)
• Cagney & Lacey (1982)
• The Jeffersons (1975)
• All in the Family (1971)
• Kojak (1973)
• Punky Brewster (1984)
• 227 (1985)
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992)
• Roots (1977)
• Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
• Claudine (1974)
• Making of a Male Model (1983)
• Cosmic Slop (1994)
• The Day My Kid Went Punk (1987)
• Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977)