Joyce Bulifant
Known for ActingBorn 1937-12-16Newport 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.
Known for
Airplane!
1980 · as Mrs. Davis
Thank Heaven
2001 · as Dr. Swensen
A Love Like This
2026 · as Joyce
Dirty Love
2005 · as Mary
The Happiest Millionaire
1967 · as Rosemary
Tooken
2015 · as Edna Millers
Charley's Aunt
1983 · as Miss Delahay
I Hate Kids
2019 · as Betty Bartlett
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 · as Self
Diamonds
1999 · as June
Hanging by a Thread
1979 · as Anita Minton
The Haircut
1982 · as Dell (Manicurist)
Better Late Than Never
1979 · as Jean Wallace
The Songs of Christmas
as Host