Joyce Bulifant
Acting
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.
TV Shows(34)
2009 Game Show Awards
Self - Presenter
2009
The Shining
Customer
1997
Just Shoot Me!
Fannie Finch
1997
Flo
1980
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Dixie Wilson
1979
Sport Billy
Lilly/Vanda/Other (voice)
1979
The Facts of Life
Margaret
1979
Hanging by a Thread
Anita Minton
1979
Little Women
Mrs. Kirke
1978
CHiPs
Joyce Bulifant (uncredited)
1977
Three's Company
Mrs. Cross
1977
Big John, Little John
Marjorie Martin
1976
Alice
Connie Raymond
1976
Police Woman
Peggy Lakes
1974
Match Game
Self
1973
Love Thy Neighbor
Peggy Wilson
1973
Police Story
Katie Pardnales
1973
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Marie Slaughter
1970
Love, American Style
Connie
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
Marsha Patterson
1969
Lancer
Cassie
1968
Tom, Dick and Mary
Mary Gentry
1964
Channing
Ellen Dalton
1963
Arrest and Trial
Alice
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Connie Duncan
1963
The Virginian
Nancy Mayhew
1962
Dr. Kildare
Judy Cannon
1961
Thriller
Jinny Wells
1960
The Tall Man
Fifi Dubois
1960
Bonanza
Bonnie Vernon
1959
Naked City
Constance Hacker
1958
Perry Mason
Hollis Wilburn
1957
Gunsmoke
Ellie
1955
General Electric Theater
Connie Duncan
1953
Movies(14)
A Love Like This
Joyce
2026
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self
2023
I Hate Kids
Betty Bartlett
2019
Tooken
Edna Millers
2015
Dirty Love
Mary
2005
Thank Heaven
Dr. Swensen
2001
Diamonds
June
1999
Charley's Aunt
Miss Delahay
1983
The Haircut
Dell (Manicurist)
1982
Airplane!
Mrs. Davis
1980
Better Late Than Never
Jean Wallace
1979
Hanging by a Thread
Anita Minton
1979
The Happiest Millionaire
Rosemary
1967
The Songs of Christmas
Host