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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.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1974 · nominated
Filmography11 titles
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977as Mrs. Peoples
1977as Mrs. Peoples
All in the Family
1971as Helen Willis
1971as Helen Willis
Murder, She Wrote
1984as Jennifer Bryce
1984as Jennifer Bryce
Roots
1977as Malizy
1977as Malizy
Punky Brewster
1984as Judge J.F. Taylor
1984as Judge J.F. Taylor
The Jeffersons
1975as Helen Woodroow Willis
1975as Helen Woodroow Willis
Kojak
1973as Carol Lessonbee
1973as Carol Lessonbee
A Different World
1987as Dean Barksdale
1987as Dean Barksdale
Cagney & Lacey
1982
1982
227
1985
1985
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992as Mrs. Russell
1992as Mrs. Russell