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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-08-28 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting

1994

Cosmic Slop as (segment 'Space Traders')

1992

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Mrs. Russell

1987

The Day My Kid Went Punk as Phyllis Brooks
Amazon Women on the Moon as Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
A Different World as Dean Barksdale

1985

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Jennifer Bryce
Punky Brewster as Judge J.F. Taylor

1983

Making of a Male Model as Madge Davis

1982

1979

1977

1975

The Jeffersons as Helen Woodroow Willis

1974

Claudine as Mrs. Winston

1973

Kojak as Carol Lessonbee

1971

All in the Family as Helen Willis