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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Jennifer Bryce
2. Roots (1977) — Malizy
3. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) — Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
4. All in the Family (1971) — Helen Willis
5. Kojak (1973) — Carol Lessonbee
6. The Jeffersons (1975) — Helen Woodroow Willis
7. Punky Brewster (1984) — Judge J.F. Taylor
8. A Different World (1987) — Dean Barksdale
9. Cagney & Lacey (1982)
10. Claudine (1974) — Mrs. Winston
11. 227 (1985)
12. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992) — Mrs. Russell
13. Making of a Male Model (1983) — Madge Davis
14. The Bermuda Triangle (1979) — Bohamiar Radio Operator
15. The Day My Kid Went Punk (1987) — Phyllis Brooks
16. Cosmic Slop (1994) — (segment 'Space Traders')
17. Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977) — Mrs. Peoples
18. $weepstake$ (1979) — Margaret
19. Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant (1968) — Host