Joyce Bulifant
Born: 1937-12-16 in Newport News, Virginia, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
2019
- I Hate Kids as Betty Bartlett
2015
- Tooken as Edna Millers
2009
- 2009 Game Show Awards as Self - Presenter
2005
- Dirty Love as Mary
2001
- Thank Heaven as Dr. Swensen
1999
- Diamonds as June
1997
- Just Shoot Me! as Fannie Finch
- The Shining as Customer
1983
- Charley's Aunt as Miss Delahay
1982
- The Haircut as Dell (Manicurist)
1979
- The Facts of Life as Margaret
- Hanging by a Thread as Anita Minton
- The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo as Dixie Wilson
- Better Late Than Never as Jean Wallace
- Sport Billy as Lilly/Vanda/Other (voice)
1978
- Little Women as Mrs. Kirke
1977
- Three's Company as Mrs. Cross
- CHiPs as Joyce Bulifant (uncredited)
1976
- Alice as Connie Raymond
- Big John, Little John as Marjorie Martin
1974
- Police Woman as Peggy Lakes
1973
- Match Game as Self
- Police Story as Katie Pardnales
- Love Thy Neighbor as Peggy Wilson
1970
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter
1969
- Love, American Style as Connie
- The Bill Cosby Show as Marsha Patterson
1968
- Lancer as Cassie
1967
- The Happiest Millionaire as Rosemary
1964
- Tom, Dick and Mary as Mary Gentry
1963
- Arrest and Trial as Alice
- Vacation Playhouse as Connie Duncan
- Channing as Ellen Dalton
1962
- The Virginian as Nancy Mayhew
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Judy Cannon
1960
- Thriller as Jinny Wells
- The Tall Man as Fifi Dubois
1959
- Bonanza as Bonnie Vernon
1958
- Naked City as Constance Hacker
1957
- Perry Mason as Hollis Wilburn
1955
- Gunsmoke as Ellie
1953
- General Electric Theater as Connie Duncan