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Roxie Albertha Roker was an American actress who portrayed Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons (1975–1985), half of the first interracial couple to be shown on regular prime time television. She was the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and the grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz.
Birth Name
Roxie Albertha Roker
Born
Wednesday, 28 August 1929
Died
Saturday, 02 December 1995
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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History of the Sitcom | Helen Willis | 2021 |
Mr. Soul! | Self | 2018 |
Pioneers of Television | Helen Willis - the Jeffersons | 2008 |
Statistically Speaking | 1995 | |
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Mrs. Russell | 1992 |
A Different World | Dean Barksdale | 1987 |
Amazon Women on the Moon | Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Female Republican | 1987 |
227 | Dr. Thelma Butler | 1985 |
1st & Ten | Voodoo Princess | 1984 |
Murder, She Wrote | Jennifer Bryce | 1984 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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History of the Sitcom | Helen Willis | 2021 |
Mr. Soul! | Self | 2018 |
Pioneers of Television | Helen Willis - the Jeffersons | 2008 |
Statistically Speaking | 1995 | |
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Mrs. Russell | 1992 |
A Different World | Dean Barksdale | 1987 |
Amazon Women on the Moon | Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul") / Female Republican | 1987 |
227 | Dr. Thelma Butler | 1985 |
1st & Ten | Voodoo Princess | 1984 |
Murder, She Wrote | Jennifer Bryce | 1984 |
Punky Brewster | Judge J.F. Taylor | 1984 |
The New Mike Hammer | Esther | 1984 |
Making of a Male Model | Madge Davis | 1983 |
Cagney & Lacey | Alverta Edwards | 1981 |
The Toni Tennille Show | Self | 1979 |
Trapper John, M.D. | Mrs. Gooden | 1979 |
Beat the Clock | Self | 1979 |
Whew! | Self - Celebrity Partner | 1979 |
Sweepstakes | Margaret | 1979 |
The Bermuda Triangle | Bohamiar Radio Operator | 1979 |
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Mrs. Peoples | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Rhonda Whitney | 1977 |
Roots | Malizy | 1977 |
Fantasy Island | Emily Carlisle | 1977 |
The Jeffersons | Helen Willis / Helen Woodroow Willis | 1975 |
Claudine | Mrs. Winston | 1974 |
Kojak | Carol Lessonbee | 1973 |
ABC Afterschool Specials | Aunt Helen / Phyllis Brooks | 1972 |
All in the Family | Helen Willis | 1971 |