Bulifant's Broadway credits include Tall Story (1958) and The Paisley Convertible (1966).[3][4]
She appeared in Glad Tidings;[5]Auntie Mame;[6]Gentlemen, The Queens!; and Under the Yum-Yum Tree.[7]
She has written and performed autobiographical shows, Life Upon the Wicked Stage[8] and Remembering Helen Hayes with Love, about her former mother-in-law, Helen Hayes, as well as Lillian Gish.[9]
Television
Regular cast
One of Bulifant's earliest roles on television was as a dancer on Arthur Murray's Dance Party (1950–1960).[10][11] She played Timmie Barnes in Too Young to Go Steady (1959),[11]: 1096 Mary Gentry in Tom, Dick and Mary (1964–1965),[11]: 1092 Marie Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977),[11]: 662 Peggy Wilson on Love Thy Neighbor (1973),[11]: 631 Lois on It's a Man's World (1962–1963),[11]: 515 Marsha Patterson on The Bill Cosby Show (1969–1971),[11]: 106 and Marjorie Martin on Big John, Little John (1976–1977). [11]: 102 She was heard as the voice of Queen Vanda on the syndicated cartoon series Sport Billy (1982).[11]: 1006 She was also a regular on CBS’s “Flo,” as Flo’s best friend Miriam Willoughby from 1980 to 1981.
She played innocent defendant Nancy Banks in the Perry Mason 1964 episode "The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands", the second of two appearances on that show.
Bulifant's most popular film roles were as Rosemary in the Disney live-action feature The Happiest Millionaire, in which she sang "Bye-Yum Pum Pum," and in the 1980 comedy Airplane![18]
Her first husband was actor James MacArthur. They married on November 2, 1958,[22] had two children together, Mary MacArthur and Charles MacArthur,[23] and divorced in 1967.[citation needed]
Her third husband was TV director William Asher. He adopted her son John, giving him the last name of Asher. She and Asher married August 28, 1976, and divorced in 1993.[citation needed]
Her fourth marriage was to Glade Bruce Hansen; they married in 2000 and divorced the next year.[citation needed]
Her fifth husband was actor Roger Perry. They married in 2002 after he divorced his wife of many years, Jo Anne Worley, and remained wed until Perry's death on July 12, 2018.[24]
Bulifant discovered she had dyslexia in her 40s[25] and has served as a longtime advocate for dyslexia research, including writing two musicals on the subject, Gifts of Greatness and Different Heroes, Different Dreams. Recipients of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, which Bulifant founded to recognize dyslexics who've made a positive contribution to society, include Stephen J. Cannell and Whoopi Goldberg.[26] Bulifant herself is a recipient of the 2015 Broken Glass Award from The Dyslexia Foundation.[27]
She has for many years been actively involved with the child abuse prevention non-profit Childhelp, including serving as a Celebrity Ambassador and as a vice-president on the National Board of Directors.[28][29]
Part of the umbrella title of a short-lived NBC experiment comprising three situation comedies set in a Southern California apartment complex located at the 90 Bristol Court address.
^Winchell, Walter (November 8, 1958). "Walter Winchell". Kingsport News. Tennessee, Kingsport. p. 4.
^ abcdefghiTerrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN978-0-7864-4513-4. P. 59.
^"Sunday's Previews". www.newspapers.com. May 26, 1962. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
^"Blissful Bride, Groom". Independent. California, Long Beach. Associated Press. November 3, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved January 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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