Bulifant in a Match Game appearance.

Joyce Bulifant (born December 16, 1937 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American actress who was a frequent panelist on the television game show Match Game. She is known for her weird answers that rarely match any of the contestants. From 1971 through 1977 she portrayed Marie Slaughter, wife of Murray Slaughter, on the popular television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She later had a role in the short-lived series Flo. Bulifant also has appeared in the movie Airplane!, and as Dennis Finch's mother in Just Shoot Me, besides guest starring roles on numerous TV shows, and as a guest panelist on numerous game shows. Bulifant was also the original choice to play Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch, but then, in a change of mind by producers, was replaced by Florence Henderson. Image File history File links JoyceBulifant10. ... Image File history File links JoyceBulifant10. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia from space, July 1996 (Newport News is seen in the lower left quadrant) Newport News is an independent city located in Virginia. ... A game show involves members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Match Game was a long-running American television game show in which contestants teamed with celebrities trying to answer fill-in-the-blank questions. ... The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... Flo Robson is an obsesive hairy creature. ... Airplane! is an American comedy film, first released on June 27, 1980, produced and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, and starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lorna Patterson. ... Just Shoot Me was an American television sitcom airing on NBC from 1997 to 2003. ... The Brady Bunch was a U.S. television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... Florence Henderson Florence Agnes Henderson (born February 14, 1934 in Dale, Indiana as one of 10 children in a Roman Catholic tobacco farmers household) is an American actress and singer best known for playing the role of Carol Brady in the television program The Brady Bunch, which ran from...

Bulifant was married to actor James MacArthur (MacArthur's mother is the late Helen Hayes), and producer William Asher, the former husband of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. Bulifiant is the mother of actor and director John Mallory Asher, and mother in law of actress Jenny McCarthy. James Gordon MacArthur was born December 8, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. ... Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 - March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. ... William Asher (born 8 August 1921) is an American producer, director and writer. ... Elizabeth Montgomery. ... John Mallory Asher (born on 13 January 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor, director, writer and cinematographer. ... Jennifer Jenny McCarthy (born November 1, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American model and actress. ...

External links

• Joyce Bulifant on IMDb