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.
Acted in
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
as Self
I Hate Kids
2019
as Betty Bartlett
Tooken
2015
as Edna Millers
2009 Game Show Awards
2009
as Self - Presenter
Dirty Love
2005
as Mary
Thank Heaven
2001
as Dr. Swensen
Diamonds
1999
as June
The Shining
1997
as Customer
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Fannie Finch
Charley's Aunt
1983
as Miss Delahay
The Haircut
1982
as Dell (Manicurist)
Airplane!
1980
as Mrs. Davis
Flo
1980
Better Late Than Never
1979
as Jean Wallace
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
as Dixie Wilson
The Facts of Life
1979
as Margaret
Hanging by a Thread
1979
as Anita Minton
Little Women
1978
as Mrs. Kirke
CHiPs
1977
as Joyce Bulifant (uncredited)
Three's Company
1977
as Mrs. Cross
Big John, Little John
1976
as Marjorie Martin
Alice
1976
as Connie Raymond
Police Woman
1974
as Peggy Lakes
Love Thy Neighbor
1973
as Peggy Wilson
Police Story
1973
as Katie Pardnales
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Marie Slaughter
Love, American Style
1969
as Connie
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Marsha Patterson
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Mrs. Marsha Patterson
Lancer
1968
as Cassie
The Happiest Millionaire
1967
as Rosemary
Tom, Dick and Mary
1964
as Mary Gentry
Channing
1963
as Ellen Dalton
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Alice
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Connie Duncan
The Virginian
1962
as Nancy Mayhew
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Judy Cannon
Thriller
1960
as Jinny Wells
The Tall Man
1960
as Fifi Dubois
Bonanza
1959
as Bonnie Vernon
Naked City
1958
as Constance Hacker
Perry Mason
1957
as Nancy Banks
Perry Mason
1957
as Hollis Wilburn
Gunsmoke
1955
as Ellie
General Electric Theater
1953
as Connie Duncan
A Love Like This
as Joyce
The Songs of Christmas
as Host