7.5
TV
Acting
Roxie Roker
- Born
- Died
- (aged 66)
- Credits
- 19 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.5
TV
7.4
TV
Roots
5.9
Movie
Amazon Women on the Moon
7.8
TV
All in the Family
7.3
TV
Kojak
7.3
TV
The Jeffersons
7.2
TV
Punky Brewster
7.2
TV
A Different World
7.0
TV
Cagney & Lacey
7.1
Movie
Claudine
6.8
TV
227
6.7
TV
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
5.0
Movie
Making of a Male Model
5.6
Movie
The Bermuda Triangle
5.2
Movie
Cosmic Slop
6.2
Movie
The Day My Kid Went Punk
8.0
Movie
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Acting credits 19
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Cosmic Slop Film | (segment 'Space Traders') |
| 1992 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper TV | Mrs. Russell (1 ep) |
| 1987 | The Day My Kid Went Punk Film | Phyllis Brooks |
| 1987 | A Different World TV | Dean Barksdale (1 ep) |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon Film | Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul") |
| 1985 | 227 TV | (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Jennifer Bryce (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Punky Brewster TV | Judge J.F. Taylor (1 ep) |
| 1983 | Making of a Male Model Film | Madge Davis |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey TV | (1 ep) |
| 1979 | $weepstake$ TV | Margaret (1 ep) |
| 1979 | The Bermuda Triangle Film | Bohamiar Radio Operator |
| 1977 | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid Film | Mrs. Peoples |
| 1977 | Roots TV | Malizy (1 ep) |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons TV | Helen Woodroow Willis (248 ep) |
| 1974 | Claudine Film | Mrs. Winston |
| 1973 | Kojak TV | Carol Lessonbee (1 ep) |
| 1971 | All in the Family TV | Helen Willis (1 ep) |
| 1968 | Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant TV | Host (3 ep) |