Roxie Roker

Personal Info

Birthday

August 28, 1929

Day of Death

1995-12-02

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Roxie Roker

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

Murder, She Wrote

All in the Family

Kojak

A Different World

Punky Brewster

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

The Jeffersons

$weepstake$

Filmography

1994
Cosmic Slop
as (segment 'Space Traders')
1987
The Day My Kid Went Punk
as Phyllis Brooks
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
1983
Making of a Male Model
as Madge Davis
1979
The Bermuda Triangle
as Bohamiar Radio Operator
1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Mrs. Peoples
1974
Claudine
as Mrs. Winston