Joyce Bulifant
Acting
Born 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.
Known for
Airplane!
1980 · Movie
Better Late Than Never
1979 · Movie
The Happiest Millionaire
1967 · Movie
I Hate Kids
2019 · Movie
Hanging by a Thread
1979 · Movie
Dirty Love
2005 · Movie
Diamonds
1999 · Movie
Tooken
2015 · Movie
Thank Heaven
2001 · Movie
A Love Like This
2026 · Movie
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 · Movie
Charley's Aunt
1983 · Movie
The Songs of Christmas
— · Movie