List of The Jeffersons Supporting Characters - Jenny Willis Jefferson

Jenny Willis Jefferson

Jennifer "Jenny" Willis Jefferson (portrayed by Berlinda Tolbert, except for her first appearance in All in the Family, when she was portrayed by Lynne Moody) is the only daughter of Helen and Tom Willis, the youngest of two children. Jenny is an intelligent person, finishing college with her boyfriend, Lionel Jefferson. George often disapproves of Jenny loving Lionel merely because she is, in George's own word, a zebra. George calls her this because her mother is black, but her father is white, thereby by making her biracial. In 1976, Jenny married Lionel, and they divorced in 1985 after nine years of marriage. She has a daughter named Jessica (played by Erin Hollin and Leslie Hollin (Seasons 6-7) and later by Ebonie Smith (Seasons 10-11).

At first, Jenny disliked Allan when he came home after two years in Paris, mainly because she turned out "black" and he turned out "white." But as siblings go, they reconcile and return their love for each other. Their love stayed strong, as Jenny asked Allan to be Jessica's godfather. But since Allan was snowed in, Harry Bentley was to be the proxy.