Acting

Joyce Bulifant

Born 1937-12-16 · Newport News, Virginia, USA

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.

Credits

Newest first

A Love Like This
as Joyce
2026
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
as Self - Actress, 'The Happiest Millionaire'
2024
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self
2023
I Hate Kids
as Betty Bartlett
2019
Tooken
as Edna Millers
2015
2009 Game Show Awards
as Self - Presenter
2009
Dirty Love
as Mary
2005
Thank Heaven
as Dr. Swensen
2001
Diamonds
as June
1999
The Shining
as Customer
1997
Just Shoot Me!
as Fannie Finch
1997
Charley's Aunt
as Miss Delahay
1983
The Haircut
as Dell (Manicurist)
1982
American Playhouse
as Ela Delahay
1982
Airplane!
as Mrs. Davis
1980
Flo
1980
Better Late Than Never
as Jean Wallace
1979
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
as Dixie Wilson
1979
Sport Billy
as Lilly/Vanda/Other (voice)
1979
The Facts of Life
as Margaret
1979
Hanging by a Thread
as Anita Minton
1979
Little Women
as Mrs. Kirke
1978
CHiPs
as Joyce Bulifant (uncredited)
1977
Three's Company
as Mrs. Cross
1977
Big John, Little John
as Marjorie Martin
1976
Alice
as Connie Raymond
1976
Police Woman
as Peggy Lakes
1974
Match Game
as Self
1973
Love Thy Neighbor
as Peggy Wilson
1973
Police Story
as Katie Pardnales
1973
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Marie Slaughter
1970
Love, American Style
as Connie
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
as Marsha Patterson
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Marsha Patterson
1969
Lancer
as Cassie
1968
The Happiest Millionaire
as Rosemary
1967
Tom, Dick and Mary
as Mary Gentry
1964
Channing
as Ellen Dalton
1963
Arrest and Trial
as Alice
1963
Vacation Playhouse
as Connie Duncan
1963
The Virginian
as Nancy Mayhew
1962
Dr. Kildare
as Judy Cannon
1961
Thriller
as Jinny Wells
1960
The Tall Man
as Fifi Dubois
1960
Bonanza
as Bonnie Vernon
1959
Naked City
as Constance Hacker
1958
Perry Mason
as Nancy Banks
1957
Perry Mason
as Hollis Wilburn
1957
Gunsmoke
as Ellie
1955
General Electric Theater
as Connie Duncan
1953
The Songs of Christmas
as Host
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