Joyce Bulifant
Acting
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.
Filmography
A Love Like This
2026 · Movie
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
2024 · Movie
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 · Movie
I Hate Kids
2019 · Movie
Tooken
2015 · Movie
2009 Game Show Awards
2009 · Series
Dirty Love
2005 · Movie
Thank Heaven
2001 · Movie
Diamonds
1999 · Movie
The Shining
1997 · Series
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Series
Charley's Aunt
1983 · Movie
The Haircut
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Airplane!
1980 · Movie
Flo
1980 · Series
Better Late Than Never
1979 · Movie
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979 · Series
Sport Billy
1979 · Series
The Facts of Life
1979 · Series
Hanging by a Thread
1979 · Series
Little Women
1978 · Series
CHiPs
1977 · Series
Three's Company
1977 · Series
Big John, Little John
1976 · Series
Alice
1976 · Series
Police Woman
1974 · Series
Match Game
1973 · Series
Love Thy Neighbor
1973 · Series
Police Story
1973 · Series
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Series
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Series
Lancer
1968 · Series
The Happiest Millionaire
1967 · Movie
Tom, Dick and Mary
1964 · Series
Channing
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
Thriller
1960 · Series
The Tall Man
1960 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Naked City
1958 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
The Songs of Christmas
Movie