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Feb 5, 2024 · Roxie Roker was an actress on The Jeffersons and Sy Kravitz was a producer for NBC. They were Lenny's parents and Al Roker's second cousins once removed.
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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. Roker is the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and paternal grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz.
Dec 16, 2021 · The only child of a Jewish father, Sy Kravitz and an African American mother Roxie Roker, who died of cancer in 1995, according to Biography. Kravitz grew up in a wealthy home — his father produced the popular TV sitcom "The Jeffersons" and his mother played the character, Helen Willis, on the show.
- Sandra Mardenfeld
In another NBC-related tidbit, longtime NBC weatherman Al Roker is the second cousin, once removed, from Roxie. Kravitz and Roker discovered this connection during a 2011 appearance on...
Nov 6, 2020 · Al Roker is the first cousin, once removed of Roxie Roker, the actress best known for playing Helen Willis on The Jeffersons. Roxie spent 23 years married to television producer Sy...
Oct 5, 2020 · It was a family affair on Monday’s 3rd hour of TODAY when Al Roker’s second cousin, Grammy-winning rock star Lenny Kravitz, joined the program while quarantining in the Bahamas to discuss his...
Roxie is also the paternal grandmother of Zoe Kravitz, the actress, and cousin of NBC’s Today Show, Al Roker. She died of breast cancer on December 2, 1995 at the age of 66. Her son, Lenny Kravitz, even dedicated a song for her.