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Helen Willis is the picture of regality. An upwardly mobile black woman, she and her husband, Tom, live upstairs from the Jeffersons. They have two children, Allan and Jenny. Helen is sharp, and is especially pointed when it comes to defending herself against her daughter’s future father-in-law, George Jefferson. She and Louise are close friends -- and sometime rivals -- who often get themselves into adventurous pickles. Like Louise, social action is important to Helen, and the Help Center is one of her passions.
Tom Willis likes to hug. He is a big man with a big heart. He is married to the regal Helen, with whom he has a son and a daughter, the latter of whom marries Lionel Jefferson. Though jovial, Tom has a sarcastic wit. George Jefferson is openly hostile to this “honky,” but later the two men become best friends and together buy Charlie’s Bar.
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