#roxie roker

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Roxie Roker at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards with her son, musician Lenny Kravitz

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Roxie Roker (from The Jeffersons) and her son Lenny Kravitz

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Roxie Roker was a regular on The Jeffersons. She’s also the mother of Lenny Kravitz.

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2 dicembre … ricordiamo …

2 dicembre … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2022: Al Strobel, Albert Michael Strobel, attore statunitense. È principalmente noto per il ruolo di MIKE/Philip Michael Gerard “L’uomo con un braccio solo” nella serie televisiva I segreti di Twin Peaks (1990-1991). A causa di un incidente automobilistico che subì da adolescente, gli fu amputato il braccio sinistro. (n.1939) 2021: Antony Sher, attore e scrittore sudafricano naturalizzato…

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I was yesterday years old when I learned that Lenny Kravitz is Roxie Roker's son. When was someone going to tell me this piece of information???

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Roxie Albertha Roker (August 28, 1929 – December 2, 1995) 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.[1] Roker is the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and paternal grandmother of actress Zo�� Kravitz.

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Today We Honor Roxie Roker

Roxie Albertha Roker was an amazing actress, and human being, famously known for playing Helen Willis on the hit sitcom “The Jeffersons.” You may also know Roxie Roker is the mother of the amazingly talented Lenny Kravitz.

Born in Miami, Florida; however, raised in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, Roxie Roker studied drama at Howard University along side Toni Morrison, actress Zaida Coles, stage director and playwright Shauneille Perry, and actor Graham Brown; all of whom were members of the university's theatre troupe, the Howard Players.

Her professional career with the Negro Ensemble Company was a huge success. She won an Obie Award in 1974 and was nominated for a Tony Award for her portrayal of Mattie Williams in The River Niger.

Roxie Roker 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.

After having her breakout role as Helen Willis on hit sitcom “The Jeffersons,” she appeared in guest starring roles on many other hit shows from the 1970s through the 1990s, including "Stone in the River”, “Punky Brewster”, “Hangin' with Mr. Cooper”, “A Different World”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “The Love Boat”, “227”, “Fantasy Island”, and ABC Afterschool Specials.

Roxie Roker pushed boundaries and was known for being a children’s advocate, as a member of the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect. She was cited by the city of Los Angeles for her community work.

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Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker on "The Jeffersons" (CBS, 1975-1985)

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Remembering Roxie Roker, #botd in 1929

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Remembering Actress Roxie Roker (August 28, 1929 – December 2, 1995) Who was famous for playing Helen Willis on "the Jeffersons"

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Remembering and Celebrating the late actress, Roxie Roker today on what would have been her 94th birthday. She was best known for her role as 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 is the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and paternal grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz. 🕊️🥰🌟🖤🤎

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So much love and respect to Taylor Swift- winner of the iHeartRadio Innovator Award tonight. You are family.

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