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Film & TV
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
- Cosmic Slop — (segment 'Space Traders')1994
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — Mrs. Russell1992
- The Day My Kid Went Punk — Phyllis Brooks1987
- Amazon Women on the Moon — Female Republican (segment "Blacks Without Soul")1987
- A Different World — Dean Barksdale1987
- 2271985
- Murder, She Wrote — Jennifer Bryce1984
- Punky Brewster — Judge J.F. Taylor1984
- Making of a Male Model — Madge Davis1983
- Cagney & Lacey1982
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-03-09
- Active to
- 2017-05-22
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Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Miami
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Child
- Lenny Kravitz
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Roxie Roker 1976.JPG
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- writing language
- English language
- member of
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
- date of birth
- 1929-08-28
- date of death
- 1995-12-02
- cause of death
- breast cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- Commons category
- Roxie Roker
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