- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 16, 1937
- Place of Birth
- Newport News, Virginia, USA
Joyce Bulifant
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.
Filmography
movieA Love Like This
2026 · Joyce
movieElizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 · Self
movieI Hate Kids
2019 · Betty Bartlett
movieTooken
2015 · Edna Millers
tv2009 Game Show Awards
2009 · Self - Presenter
movieDirty Love
2005 · Mary
movieThank Heaven
2001 · Dr. Swensen
movieDiamonds
1999 · June
tvThe Shining
1997 · Customer
tvJust Shoot Me!
1997 · Fannie Finch
movieCharley's Aunt
1983 · Miss Delahay
The Haircut
movieThe Haircut
1982 · Dell (Manicurist)
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Ela Delahay
movieAirplane!
1980 · Mrs. Davis
tvFlo
1980
movieBetter Late Than Never
1979 · Jean Wallace
tvThe Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979 · Dixie Wilson
tvSport Billy
1979 · Lilly/Vanda/Other (voice)
tvThe Facts of Life
1979 · Margaret
movieHanging by a Thread
1979 · Anita Minton
tvHanging by a Thread
1979 · Anita Minton
tvLittle Women
1978 · Mrs. Kirke
tvCHiPs
1977 · Joyce Bulifant (uncredited)
tvThree's Company
1977 · Mrs. Cross
tvBig John, Little John
1976 · Marjorie Martin
tvAlice
1976 · Connie Raymond
tvPolice Woman
1974 · Peggy Lakes
tvMatch Game
1973 · Self
Love Thy Neighbor
tvLove Thy Neighbor
1973 · Peggy Wilson
tvPolice Story
1973 · Katie Pardnales
tvThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Marie Slaughter
tvLove, American Style
1969 · Connie
tvThe Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Marsha Patterson, Mrs. Marsha Patterson
tvLancer
1968 · Cassie
movieThe Happiest Millionaire
1967 · Rosemary
Tom, Dick and Mary
tvTom, Dick and Mary
1964 · Mary Gentry
tvChanning
1963 · Ellen Dalton
tvArrest and Trial
1963 · Alice
Vacation Playhouse
tvVacation Playhouse
1963 · Connie Duncan
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Nancy Mayhew
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Judy Cannon
tvThriller
1960 · Jinny Wells
tvThe Tall Man
1960 · Fifi Dubois
tvBonanza
1959 · Bonnie Vernon
tvNaked City
1958 · Constance Hacker
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Hollis Wilburn, Nancy Banks
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Ellie
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Connie Duncan
movieThe Songs of Christmas
— · Host