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
TV
Murder, She Wrote
Jennifer Bryce
1984
TV
A Different World
Dean Barksdale
1987
TV
Kojak
Carol Lessonbee
1973
TV
Punky Brewster
Judge J.F. Taylor
1984
TV
All in the Family
Helen Willis
1971
TV
Cagney & Lacey
1982
TV
227
1985
TV
The Jeffersons
Helen Woodroow Willis
1975
TV
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Mrs. Russell
1992
TV
Roots
Malizy
1977
TV
$weepstake$
Margaret
1979
Film
Amazon Women on the Moon
Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
1987
Film
Cosmic Slop
(segment 'Space Traders')
1994
Film
Claudine
Mrs. Winston
1974
Film
Making of a Male Model
Madge Davis
1983
Film
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Mrs. Peoples
1977
Film
The Day My Kid Went Punk
Phyllis Brooks
1987
Film
The Bermuda Triangle
Bohamiar Radio Operator
1979
TV
Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant
Host
1968
Filmography
1994FilmCosmic Slopas (segment 'Space Traders')1992TVHangin' with Mr. Cooperas Mrs. Russell1987FilmThe Day My Kid Went Punkas Phyllis Brooks1987TVA Different Worldas Dean Barksdale1987FilmAmazon Women on the Moonas Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")1985TV2271984TVMurder, She Wroteas Jennifer Bryce1984TVPunky Brewsteras Judge J.F. Taylor1983FilmMaking of a Male Modelas Madge Davis1982TVCagney & Lacey1979TV$weepstake$as Margaret1979FilmThe Bermuda Triangleas Bohamiar Radio Operator1977FilmBilly: Portrait of a Street Kidas Mrs. Peoples1977TVRootsas Malizy1975TVThe Jeffersonsas Helen Woodroow Willis1974FilmClaudineas Mrs. Winston1973TVKojakas Carol Lessonbee1971TVAll in the Familyas Helen Willis1968TVInside Bedford-Stuyvesantas Host