Joyce Bulifant
- Acting
- December 16, 1937 · Newport News, Virginia, USA
Biography
Joyce Collins Bulifant (born December 16, 1937) is an American actress and author. In addition to recurring roles on television, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter, she is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane!. She was also a frequent panelist on game shows including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus. She has been married a total of 5 times: actor James MacArthur (m. 1958; div. 1968), actor Edward Mallory (m. 1969; div. 1974), producer/director William Asher (m. 1976; div. 1993), Glade Bruce Hansen (m. 2000; div. 2001), and actor Roger Perry (m. 2002; died 2018). She had 2 children with her first husband James MacArthur and 1 son, actor/director John Mallory Asher, with her second husband Edward Mallory. John was also adopted by her third husband William Asher.
Known for
Filmography
- A Love Like This · Joyce
- Walt Disney: Behind the Magic · Self
- Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life · Self
- I Hate Kids · Betty Bartlett
- Tooken · Edna Millers
- 2009 Game Show Awards · Self
- Dirty Love · Mary
- Thank Heaven · Dr. Swensen
- Diamonds · June
- The Shining · Customer
- Just Shoot Me! · Fannie Finch
- Charley's Aunt · Miss Delahay
- The Haircut · Dell (Manicurist)
- American Playhouse · Ela Delahay
- Airplane! · Mrs. Davis
- Flo
- Better Late Than Never · Jean Wallace
- The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo · Dixie Wilson
- Sport Billy · Lilly/Vanda/Other (Voice)
- The Facts of Life · Margaret
- Hanging by a Thread · Anita Minton
- Little Women · Mrs. Kirke
- CHiPs · Joyce Bulifant (uncredited)
- Three's Company · Mrs. Cross
- Big John, Little John · Marjorie Martin
- Alice · Connie Raymond
- Police Woman · Peggy Lakes
- Match Game · Self
- Love Thy Neighbor · Peggy Wilson
- Police Story · Katie Pardnales
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show · Marie Slaughter
- Love, American Style · Connie
- The Bill Cosby Show · Marsha Patterson, Mrs. Marsha Patterson
- Lancer · Cassie
- The Happiest Millionaire · Rosemary
- Tom, Dick and Mary · Mary Gentry
- Channing · Ellen Dalton
- Arrest and Trial · Alice
- Vacation Playhouse · Connie Duncan
- The Virginian · Nancy Mayhew
- Dr. Kildare · Judy Cannon
- Thriller · Jinny Wells
- The Tall Man · Fifi Dubois
- Bonanza · Bonnie Vernon
- Naked City · Constance Hacker
- Perry Mason · Nancy Banks, Hollis Wilburn
- Gunsmoke · Ellie
- General Electric Theater · Connie Duncan
- The Songs of Christmas · Host