Roxie Roker

Known for

Acting

Born

August 28, 1929

Died

December 2, 1995 (aged 66)

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.

Best known work

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Roots

1977

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

All in the Family

1971

Kojak

1973

The Jeffersons

1975

Punky Brewster

1984

A Different World

1987

Cagney & Lacey

1982

Claudine

1974

Filmography

1994
Cosmic Slop
as (segment 'Space Traders')
1992
Hangin' with Mr. CooperTV
as Mrs. Russell (1 episode)
1987
The Day My Kid Went Punk
as Phyllis Brooks
1987
A Different WorldTV
as Dean Barksdale (1 episode)
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
1985
227TV
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
as Jennifer Bryce (1 episode)
1984
Punky BrewsterTV
as Judge J.F. Taylor (1 episode)
1983
Making of a Male Model
as Madge Davis
1982
Cagney & LaceyTV
1979
$weepstake$TV
as Margaret (1 episode)
1979
The Bermuda Triangle
as Bohamiar Radio Operator
1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Mrs. Peoples
1977
RootsTV
as Malizy (1 episode)
1975
The JeffersonsTV
as Helen Woodroow Willis (248 episodes)
1974
Claudine
as Mrs. Winston
1973
KojakTV
as Carol Lessonbee (1 episode)
1971
All in the FamilyTV
as Helen Willis (1 episode)
1968
Inside Bedford-StuyvesantTV
as Host (3 episodes)