Joyce Bulifant
Acting • Born 1937-12-16
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
49 credits
Dirty Love
Movie • 2005
Mary
Thank Heaven
Movie • 2001
Dr. Swensen
The Haircut
Movie • 1982
Dell (Manicurist)
Airplane!
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Davis
Hanging by a Thread
Movie • 1979
Anita Minton
Better Late Than Never
Movie • 1979
Jean Wallace
The Happiest Millionaire
Movie • 1967
Rosemary
Charley's Aunt
Movie • 1983
Miss Delahay
Diamonds
Movie • 1999
June
A Love Like This
Movie
Joyce
Tooken
Movie • 2015
Edna Millers
I Hate Kids
Movie • 2019
Betty Bartlett
The Songs of Christmas
Movie
Host
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Movie • 2023
Self
Flo
TV • 1980
Three's Company
TV • 1977
Mrs. Cross
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Bonnie Vernon
2009 Game Show Awards
TV • 2009
Self - Presenter
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Joyce Bulifant (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor
TV • 1973
Peggy Wilson
Naked City
TV • 1958
Constance Hacker
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Ellie
Alice
TV • 1976
Connie Raymond
Just Shoot Me!
TV • 1997
Fannie Finch
The Bill Cosby Show
TV • 1969
Marsha Patterson
Channing
TV • 1963
Ellen Dalton
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Connie Duncan
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Judy Cannon
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Connie Duncan
Thriller
TV • 1960
Jinny Wells
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Connie
The Shining
TV • 1997
Customer
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Nancy Mayhew
Lancer
TV • 1968
Cassie
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Margaret
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Nancy Banks
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Alice
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Peggy Lakes
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Hollis Wilburn
The Tall Man
TV • 1960
Fifi Dubois
Police Story
TV • 1973
Katie Pardnales
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Marie Slaughter
Tom, Dick and Mary
TV • 1964
Mary Gentry
Big John, Little John
TV • 1976
Marjorie Martin
Little Women
TV • 1978
Mrs. Kirke
The Bill Cosby Show
TV • 1969
Mrs. Marsha Patterson
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
TV • 1979
Dixie Wilson
Match Game
TV • 1973
Self
Sport Billy
TV • 1979
Lilly/Vanda/Other (voice)