Roxie Roker Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Roxie Roker Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Roxie Albertha Roker (August 28, 1929 â€" December 2, 1995) was an

American actress who portrayed Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The

Jeffersons (1975â€"1985), half of the first interracial couple to be

shown on regular prime time television. Roker was the mother of rock

musician Lenny Kravitz and the grandmother of actress Zoë

Kravitz.Roker was born in Miami, Florida. Her mother, Bessie Roker

(née Mitchell), was from Georgia and worked as a domestic. Her

father, Albert Roker, was a native from Andros, The Bahamas and a

porter. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York.Roker portrayed Helen Willis

on The Jeffersons. She began her professional career with the Negro

Ensemble Company and became a successful stage actress. She won an

Obie Award in 1974 and was nominated for a Tony Award for her

portrayal of Mattie Williams in The River Niger. She was a reporter on

WNEW-TV in New York in the 1970s and hosted a public affairs show for

the station known as Inside Bed-Stuy, dealing with events in the

Brooklyn neighborhood. She appeared in guest starring roles on many

United States television shows from the 1970s through the 1990s,

including "Stone in the River" starring Hal Miller for NBC, Punky

Brewster, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, A Different World, Murder, She

Wrote, The Love Boat, 227, Beat the Clock, Fantasy Island, and ABC

Afterschool Specials. She had roles in the television miniseries Roots

and in the movie Claudine. Roker was also a children’s advocate who

was cited by the city of Los Angeles for her community work.Roker

graduated from Howard University, where she was a member of Alpha

Kappa Alpha sorority. She was married to television producer Sy

Kravitz in 1962. The couple had a son, singer-songwriter and actor

Lenny Kravitz (born May 26, 1964), and divorced in 1985. Weather

anchor Al Roker and Roxie Roker are first cousins once removed.
Roxie Roker Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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