Roxie Roker
Born: 1929-08-28
Died: 1995-12-02
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1994
- Cosmic Slop as (segment 'Space Traders')
1992
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Mrs. Russell
1987
- A Different World as Dean Barksdale
- Amazon Women on the Moon as Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
- The Day My Kid Went Punk as Phyllis Brooks
1985
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Jennifer Bryce
- Punky Brewster as Judge J.F. Taylor
1983
- Making of a Male Model as Madge Davis
1982
1979
- $weepstake$ as Margaret
- The Bermuda Triangle as Bohamiar Radio Operator
1977
- Roots as Malizy
- 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