Joyce Bulifant is best known for her performance as ‘Marie Slaughter’ in the TV sitcom ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ (1971-77). She started her acting career as a theatre artist. Some of her popular ‘Broadway’ performances came in ‘The Paisley Convertible’ (1966) and ‘Tall Story’ (1958). She made her screen debut in an episode of the TV series ‘Too Young to Go Steady’ (1959). She starred as a regular cast in many TV series, such as ‘Tom, Dick and Mary’ (1964-1965), ‘It's a Man's World’ (1962-1963), ‘The Bill Cosby Show’ (1969–71), ‘Big John, Little John’ (1976-1977), and ‘The Bad News Bears’ (1979-1980. She also appeared in many other TV series, such as ‘Empire’ (1963), ‘Lancer’ (1969), ‘Little Women’ (1978), and ‘Dirty Love’ (2005). She was also seen in a few films, which includes, ‘The Happiest Millionaire’ (1967), ‘Diamonds’ (1999), and ‘Dirty Love’ (2005).