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.
48 acting credits
Acting · 48
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
Love, American Style
1969
The Virginian
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Naked City
1958
The Facts of Life
1979
Alice
1976
Police Woman
1974
Just Shoot Me!
1997
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Three's Company
1977
Thriller
1960
CHiPs
1977
Match Game
1973
Gunsmoke
1955
Lancer
1968
Police Story
1973
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Tall Man
1960
Airplane!
1980
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The Shining
1997
Channing
1963
Flo
1980
General Electric Theater
1953
Big John, Little John
1976
Little Women
1978
Sport Billy
1979
Dirty Love
2005
A Love Like This
2026
Tom, Dick and Mary
1964
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
2009 Game Show Awards
2009
Thank Heaven
2001
Tooken
2015
Diamonds
1999
I Hate Kids
2019
The Happiest Millionaire
1967
Hanging by a Thread
1979
Love Thy Neighbor
1973
Better Late Than Never
1979
Charley's Aunt
1983
Hanging by a Thread
1979
The Haircut
1982
The Songs of Christmas
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