Is Roxie Roker Dead or Still Alive? Roxie Roker Birthday and Date of Death

Roxie Roker Death

Roxie passed away on December 2, 1995 at the age of 66 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Roxie's cause of death was breast cancer.

Roxie Roker Birthday and Date of Death

Roxie Roker was born on August 28, 1929 and died on December 2, 1995. Roxie was 66 years old at the time of death.

Birthday: August 28, 1929
Date of Death: December 2, 1995
Age at Death: 66

Roxie Roker - Biography

Roxie Albertha Roker was an American actress, best known for her role as Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons, half of the first interracial couple to be shown on regular prime time television.
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, and Beat the Clock. 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. Before their divorce in 1985, the couple had a son, singer-songwriter and actor Lenny Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) . She was also a cousin of NBC Today Show host Al Roker.