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
30 Sep 1984
Roots
23 Jan 1977
Amazon Women on the Moon
18 Sep 1987
All in the Family
12 Jan 1971
Kojak
24 Oct 1973
The Jeffersons
18 Jan 1975
Punky Brewster
16 Sep 1984
A Different World
24 Sep 1987
Filmography
1994
- Cosmic Slopas (segment 'Space Traders')
1992
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooperas Mrs. Russell1 episode
1987
- The Day My Kid Went Punkas Phyllis Brooks
- A Different Worldas Dean Barksdale1 episode
- Amazon Women on the Moonas Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
1985
- 2271 episode
1984
- Murder, She Wroteas Jennifer Bryce1 episode
- Punky Brewsteras Judge J.F. Taylor1 episode
1983
- Making of a Male Modelas Madge Davis
1982
- Cagney & Lacey1 episode
1979
- $weepstake$as Margaret1 episode
- The Bermuda Triangleas Bohamiar Radio Operator
1977
- Billy: Portrait of a Street Kidas Mrs. Peoples
- Rootsas Malizy1 episode
1975
- The Jeffersonsas Helen Woodroow Willis248 episodes
1974
- Claudineas Mrs. Winston
1973
- Kojakas Carol Lessonbee1 episode
1971
- All in the Familyas Helen Willis1 episode
1968
- Inside Bedford-Stuyvesantas Host3 episodes