Roxie Roker

Acting • 1929-08-28

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

7.3

The Jeffersons

1975

5.0

Making of a Male Model

1983

6.2

The Day My Kid Went Punk

1987

7.1

Claudine

1974

8.0

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

1977

5.9

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

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Filmography

1994
Cosmic SlopFilm
(segment 'Space Traders')
★ 5.2
1992
Hangin' with Mr. CooperTV
Mrs. Russell • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1987
A Different WorldTV
Dean Barksdale • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1987
Amazon Women on the MoonFilm
Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
★ 5.9
1987
The Day My Kid Went PunkFilm
Phyllis Brooks
★ 6.2
1985
227TV
★ 6.8
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Jennifer Bryce • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1984
Punky BrewsterTV
Judge J.F. Taylor • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1983
Making of a Male ModelFilm
Madge Davis
★ 5.0
1982
Cagney & LaceyTV
★ 7.0
1979
The Bermuda TriangleFilm
Bohamiar Radio Operator
★ 5.6
1979
$weepstake$TV
Margaret • 1 episodes
1977
RootsTV
Malizy • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street KidFilm
Mrs. Peoples
★ 8.0
1975
The JeffersonsTV
Helen Woodroow Willis • 248 episodes
★ 7.3
1974
ClaudineFilm
Mrs. Winston
★ 7.1
1973
KojakTV
Carol Lessonbee • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1971
All in the FamilyTV
Helen Willis • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1968
Inside Bedford-StuyvesantTV
Host • 3 episodes