Roxie Roker

Roxie Roker deserves to be remembered for far more than her famous descendants. A Howard University graduate who moved from journalism into theatre and television, she became known as Helen Willis on The Jeffersons and earned a Tony nomination for The River Niger on Broadway. To hold the stage with that kind of dignity in an era of far heavier racial barriers took real courage, and that is the legacy I find most worth honoring. Yes, she was Lenny Kravitz's mother and Zoë Kravitz's grandmother, but her own steady, trailblazing career is the through-line that earned that family its artistry.

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Name (English)

Roxie Roker

Name (Japanese)

ロキシー・ローカー

Reading

ろきしー・ろーかー

Born

August 28, 1929 – December 2, 1995

Origin

Miami, Florida, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / journalist / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

University

Howard University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxie%20Roker
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456903

Tags

• Florida
• actor
• television actor
• journalist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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