The 80's USA TV show that featured Lenny Kravitz's mother was "The Jeffersons". Leonard Albert Kravitz, aka Lenny Kravitz (1964 — ), is a well known American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. His father was filmmaker and NBC TV news producer Seymour "Sy" Kravitz. His mother, actress Roxie Roker, lived from August 1929 – December 1995. She is now best known for playing the role of Helen Willis on the 1970's - 80's hit sitcom "The Jeffersons".

Beloved by fans and critics alike, the Emmy-winning CBS sitcom series is one of the most highly-rated and longest running sitcoms in TV history, spanning a decade with over 250 episodes during its remarkable run. "The Jeffersons" chronicles the rise of jive-talking African-American dry cleaner king George Jefferson and his sassy, no-nonsense wife Louise as they leave their blue-collar neighborhood, "movin' on up" to a luxury high-rise apartment in New York City, NY.

Developed by groundbreaking television producer Norman Lear, "The Jeffersons" began in 1975 as a spin-off of "All in the Family". It follows a successful African-American couple, George and Louise "Weezy" Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford) as they go from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan, NY apartment.

This is a sitcom which had a strong fanbase throughout its 11-seasons run, and it never failed to smashed glass ceilings while always being both entertaining and informative.

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