Joyce Bulifant
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.
Filmography
A Love Like This
2026
as Joyce
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
2024
as Self - Actress, 'The Happiest Millionaire'
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
as Self
I Hate Kids
2019
as Betty Bartlett
Tooken
2015
as Edna Millers
Dirty Love
2005
as Mary
Thank Heaven
2001
as Dr. Swensen
Diamonds
1999
as June
Charley's Aunt
1983
as Miss Delahay
The Haircut
1982
as Dell (Manicurist)
Airplane!
1980
as Mrs. Davis
Better Late Than Never
1979
as Jean Wallace
The Happiest Millionaire
1967
as Rosemary
The Songs of Christmas
Unreleased
as Host