Joyce Bulifant

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-12-16 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Newport News, Virginia, USA

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 ch...

Acting

2005

Dirty Love

as Mary

2001

Thank Heaven

as Dr. Swensen

1982

The Haircut

as Dell (Manicurist)

1980

Airplane!

as Mrs. Davis

1979

Hanging by a Thread

as Anita Minton

1979

Better Late Than Never

as Jean Wallace

1983

Charley's Aunt

as Miss Delahay

1999

Diamonds

as June

2015

Tooken

as Edna Millers

2019

I Hate Kids

as Betty Bartlett

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