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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 porter and a native of Andros, The Bahamas. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
Dec 6, 1995 · Roxie Roker, a star of the long-running CBS television series "The Jeffersons," died on Saturday, her publicity agent said. She was 66.
Mar 1, 1989 · Bessie Mitchell was born in Georgia in 1912. She was the daughter of Will Mitchell and Julia Tillman. In 1929, she married Bahamanian-born Albert Roker. She died in 1989. Bessie is buried at Southern Memorial Park in North Miami, Florida along with her daughter, Roxie. Sources
- Female
- May 16, 1912
- Albert Stanley Roker
- March 1, 1989
Oct 13, 2020 · The book is in large part a loving tribute to his parents and his extended family, including his Jewish grandparents — Joe and Jean Kravitz of Sheepshead Bay — and his maternal grandparents, Albert...
Bessie Mitchell Roker married Albert Roker and had 1 child. She passed away on 1 Mar 1989 in Los Angeles, California.
- Female
- May 12, 1912
- Georgia
- March 1, 1989
Her mother, Bessie (Mitchell), hailed from Georgia, and her father, Albert Hubert Roker, was from the Bahamas. She came from a poor family, where her mother worked as a domestic worker and her father was a porter.
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Sep 13, 2018 · Zoe Kravitz comes from a line of change-makers -- her parents, Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, as well as her grandmother Roxie Roker have all defied stereotypes. In the October issue of Harper's Bazaar, the 29-year-old actress opened up to her "Big Little Lies" co-star Reese Witherspoon about carrying on her family legacy of breaking barriers.
