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.

Known For: Acting

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

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	The Happiest Millionaire	Rosemary	68
2	1979	Hanging by a Thread	Anita Minton	57
3	1979	Better Late Than Never	Jean Wallace	0
4	1980	Airplane!	Mrs. Davis	73
5	1982	The Haircut	Dell (Manicurist)	75
6	1983	Charley's Aunt	Miss Delahay	0
7	1999	Diamonds	June	53
8	2001	Thank Heaven	Dr. Swensen	23
9	2005	Dirty Love	Mary	43
10		A Love Like This	Joyce	0
11	2015	Tooken	Edna Millers	41
12	2019	I Hate Kids	Betty Bartlett	58
13		The Songs of Christmas	Host	0
14	2023	Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life	Self	0

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1967

The Happiest Millionaire

Rosemary

1979

Hanging by a Thread

Anita Minton

1979

Better Late Than Never

Jean Wallace

1980

Airplane!

Mrs. Davis

1982

The Haircut

Dell (Manicurist)

1983

Charley's Aunt

Miss Delahay

1999

Diamonds

June

2001

Thank Heaven

Dr. Swensen

2005

Dirty Love

Mary

A Love Like This

Joyce

2015

Tooken

Edna Millers

2019

I Hate Kids

Betty Bartlett

The Songs of Christmas

Host

2023

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

Self

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	General Electric Theater	Connie Duncan	63
2	1955	Gunsmoke	Ellie	66
3	1957	Perry Mason	Nancy Banks	77
4	1957	Perry Mason	Hollis Wilburn	77
5	1958	Naked City	Constance Hacker	55
6	1959	Bonanza	Bonnie Vernon	75
7	1960	The Tall Man	Fifi Dubois	63
8	1960	Thriller	Jinny Wells	64
9	1961	Dr. Kildare	Judy Cannon	55
10	1962	The Virginian	Nancy Mayhew	65
11	1963	Vacation Playhouse	Connie Duncan	70
12	1963	Arrest and Trial	Alice	77
13	1963	Channing	Ellen Dalton	70
14	1964	Tom, Dick and Mary	Mary Gentry	50
15	1968	Lancer	Cassie	47
16	1969	The Bill Cosby Show	Marsha Patterson	54
17	1969	The Bill Cosby Show	Mrs. Marsha Patterson	54
18	1969	Love, American Style	Connie	61
19	1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Marie Slaughter	75
20	1973	Police Story	Katie Pardnales	69
21	1973	Love Thy Neighbor	Peggy Wilson	100
22	1974	Police Woman	Peggy Lakes	63
23	1976	Alice	Connie Raymond	71
24	1976	Big John, Little John	Marjorie Martin	68
25	1977	Three's Company	Mrs. Cross	77
26	1977	CHiPs	Joyce Bulifant (uncredited)	68
27	1978	Little Women	Mrs. Kirke	52
28	1979	The Facts of Life	Margaret	70
29	1979	The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo	Dixie Wilson	51
30	1980	Flo		50
31	1997	Just Shoot Me!	Fannie Finch	66
32	1997	The Shining	Customer	63
33	2009	2009 Game Show Awards	Self - Presenter	0

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1953