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Roxie Albertha Roker (August 28, 1929 – December 2, 1995) was an American actress. She was best known for her portrayal of Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons.In 1973, she performed as Mattie Williams in the Broadway play The River Niger, and was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play at the 28th Tony Awards.
Helen Willis (née Douglas) (portrayed by Roxie Roker, except for her first appearance in All in the Family, when she was portrayed by Kim Hamilton) is Louise's best friend and George's nemesis. She has been married to Tom Willis, a white man, for 34 years. George, opposed to miscegenation, calls Helen and Tom "zebras" or "chocolate and vanilla ...
The Jeffersons is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, ... Louise made friends with Tom and Helen Willis, ...
His first starring role was on The Jeffersons as Tom Willis (a Caucasian man) who was married to an African-American woman, Helen, played by Roxie Roker. [1] The couple lived in the same high-rise apartment building as the sitcom's title characters. Cover would often be the foil to Sherman Hemsley's black businessman character, George Jefferson ...
Marla Gibbs, the sole remaining cast member from the classic sitcom 'The Jeffersons,' is now 88 years old.
In the dream, Amy Carter is president of the United States; Louise is celebrating the 25th anniversary of George's business, who isn't there celebrating since he passed on a few years earlier; Florence, Helen and Tom Willis are considerably older; Ralph owns the apartment building; Leroy is a financial genius who owns Jefferson Cleaners; and ...
Berlinda Tolbert (born November 4, 1949) [1] [2] [3] is an American film and television actress. Tolbert is best known for her role as Jenny Willis Jefferson, the daughter of Tom and Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons, which originally aired from 1975 until 1985.
While Gibbs may be best known her "Jeffersons" character from 1975 to 1985 — yes, that's a decade-long run! — her career has continued to flourish with dozens of TV and film roles. In recent ...