Roxie Roker

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    August 28, 1929

    Day of Death

    December 2, 1995 (66 years old)

    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

    • Murder, She Wrote

      Murder, She Wrote

      1984

    • Roots

      Roots

      1977

    • Amazon Women on the Moon

      Amazon Women on the Moon

      1987

    • All in the Family

      All in the Family

      1971

    • Kojak

      Kojak

      1973

    • The Jeffersons

      The Jeffersons

      1975

    • Punky Brewster

      Punky Brewster

      1984

    • A Different World

      A Different World

      1987

    • Cagney & Lacey

      Cagney & Lacey

      1982

    • 227

      227

      1985

    • Claudine

      Claudine

      1974

    • Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

      Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

      1992

    • Making of a Male Model

      Making of a Male Model

      1983

    • The Bermuda Triangle

      The Bermuda Triangle

      1979

    • The Day My Kid Went Punk

      The Day My Kid Went Punk

      1987