Acting credits
46
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Joyce Bulifant
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 13Series: 33
TMDB ID: 153386
IMDb ID: nm0119922
Known for: Acting
Born: December 16, 1937
Age: 88
Place of birth: Newport News, Virginia, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.59
Wikidata: Q6297411
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Joyce Bulifant.
as Joyce
A Love Like This
2026 • Movie
as Self
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 • Movie
as Betty Bartlett
I Hate Kids
2019 • Movie
as Edna Millers
Tooken
2015 • Movie
as Mary
Dirty Love
2005 • Movie
as Dr. Swensen
Thank Heaven
2001 • Movie
as June
Diamonds
1999 • Movie
as Miss Delahay
Charley's Aunt
1983 • Movie
as Mrs. Davis
Airplane!
1980 • Movie
as Jean Wallace
Better Late Than Never
1979 • Movie
as Anita Minton
Hanging by a Thread
1979 • Movie
as Host
The Songs of Christmas
Movie
as Rosemary
The Happiest Millionaire
1967 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joyce Bulifant.
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
2009 Game Show Awards
2009 • Series
as Customer • 1 eps
The Shining
1997 • Series
as Fannie Finch • 1 eps
Just Shoot Me!
1997 • Series
as Ela Delahay • 1 eps
American Playhouse
1982 • Series
29 eps
Flo
1980 • Series
as Dixie Wilson • 1 eps
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979 • Series
as Lilly/Vanda/Other (voice) • 28 eps
Sport Billy
1979 • Series
as Margaret • 1 eps
The Facts of Life
1979 • Series
as Anita Minton • 2 eps
Hanging by a Thread
1979 • Series
as Mrs. Kirke • 1 eps
Little Women
1978 • Series
as Joyce Bulifant (uncredited) • 1 eps
CHiPs
1977 • Series
as Mrs. Cross • 1 eps
Three's Company
1977 • Series
as Marjorie Martin • 13 eps
Big John, Little John
1976 • Series
as Connie Raymond • 1 eps
Alice
1976 • Series
as Peggy Lakes • 1 eps
Police Woman
1974 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
Match Game
1973 • Series
as Katie Pardnales • 1 eps
Police Story
1973 • Series
as Marie Slaughter • 7 eps
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 • Series
as Connie • 1 eps
Love, American Style
1969 • Series
as Marsha Patterson • 6 eps
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 • Series
as Cassie • 1 eps
Lancer
1968 • Series
as Ellen Dalton • 1 eps
Channing
1963 • Series
as Alice • 1 eps
Arrest and Trial
1963 • Series
as Connie Duncan • 1 eps
Vacation Playhouse
1963 • Series