Beverly Archer

Beverly Archer
Archer and Oliver Clark in the television program We've Got Each Other (1977)
Born (1948-07-19) July 19, 1948 (age 76)
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Years active1976–2002
Spouse
Robert Bernard
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(m. 1976)​

Beverly Archer (born July 19, 1948) is an American actress and writer who is perhaps best known for her television roles as Iola Boylen on Mama's Family[1] and as Gunnery Sgt. Alva Bricker on Major Dad.[2]

Career

Early roles for Archer included portraying Nancy Walker's daughter in The Nancy Walker Show, the breadwinner of the family in We've Got Each Other, and a congressman's secretary on Washingtoon.[3]

She became known in the late 1980s and early 1990s for her roles as Iola Boylen on Mama's Family (1986–1990) and as Gunnery Sgt. Alva Bricker on Major Dad (1990–1993). In addition to those roles, she also appeared on The Young and the Restless, ALF, and the movie Project: ALF. She played Charlie's dull teacher in Vice Versa, a thieving teacher in The Brady Bunch Movie, and appeared in two episodes of Married... with Children as Miss Hardaway, a sexually repressed librarian and abstinence counselor who is in love with Bud.

She also appeared in a 1994 episode of Full House, where she played the role of an unsympathetic SAT test monitor. She made guest appearances on episodes of Family Ties, The Fall Guy, and Grace Under Fire.

She retired from acting in 2002.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1978 A Different Approach Grocery Shopper Short film
1988 The Couch Trip Mrs. Guber
1988 Vice Versa Mrs. Luttrell
1995 The Brady Bunch Movie Mrs. Whitfield
1996 Project: ALF Dr. Carnage Television film
1998 Walking to the Waterline Pam Whitman
1998 The Christmas Wish Miss Enid Cook Television film
2000 Going Home Mrs. Morris Television film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1976-1977 The Nancy Walker Show Lorraine 13 episodes
1977-1978 We've Got Each Other Judy Hubbard 13 episodes
1978 ABC Weekend Special Ms. Greenfield Episode: "Little Lulu" (S2.E5)
1982 The Magical World of Disney Angelica Episode: "The Adventures of Pollyanna" (S28.E22)
1983 It Takes Two Beatrice Episode: "The Suit" (S1.E21)
1984 Mama Malone Iris Episode: "Dino's Fan" (S1.E11)
1984 Family Ties Sue Barker Episode: "4 Rms Ocn Vu" (S3.E8)
1984-1985 Spencer Miss Spier 11 episodes
1985 Washingtoon Laura Esterjack 10 episodes
1986 The Fall Guy Nurse Dievel Episode: "Lady in Green" (S5.E19)
1986 Comedy Factory Miss. Carp Episode: "Chameleon" (S2.E5)
1986-1990 Mama's Family Iola Boylen 92 episodes
1988 ALF Mrs. Byrd 3 episodes
1988 My Sister Sam Episode: "Camp Burn-out" (S2.E15)
1990-1993 Major Dad GySgt. Alva Bricker 70 episodes
1991 What a Dummy Mrs. Fine Episode: "My Imaginary Friend" (S1.E18)
1992 Tiny Toon Adventures Nurse Kleinerman/Miss Heberly #1 (voice) Episode: "Grandma's Dead" (S3.E13)
1994 Full House Mrs. Twitchel Episode: "The Test" (S7.E15)
1994-1996 Married... with Children Miss Hardaway Episodes: "Dial 'B' for Virgin" (S9.E7) and "Bud Hits the Books" (S10.E24)
1994 Love & War Technician Episode: "Jack's Breast" (S3.E7)
1994 Grace Under Fire Alice Dailey Episode: "Ka-Boom" (S2.E10)
1994-1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters The Liberty Monster/Woman/Maid (all voice roles) 5 episodes
1995 The George Wendt Show Eleanor Episode: "And Here's to You, Mrs. Robertson" (S1.E7)
1995 The Mommies Ms. Clark Episode: "Four Mommies and a Funeral" (S2.E13)
1996-1998 Jumanji Peter's Teacher (voice) 4 episodes
1997 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man Lady Calowina Worthington-Ford (voice) Episode: "Duckman and Cornfed in 'Haunted Society Plumbers" (S4.E14)
1997 Clueless Mrs. DeMichael Episodes: "Suddenly Stupid" (S2.E3) and "A Very P.C. Christmas (Holiday)" (S2.E12)
1999 The Young and the Restless Shirley Sherwood 12 episodes
2002 Rugrats Librarian (voice) Episode: "Quiet, Please/Early Retirement" (S8.E5)

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 3rd Edition Voice talent Voice role

References

  1. ^ Marsh, Earle F.; Brooks, Tim (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–present. New York City: Random House. p. 843. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
  2. ^ Buck, Jerry (January 2, 1993). "Archer expands her range by playing a tough Marine". The Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. p. T31. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "Satirical comic strip shows up as a series". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. August 27, 1985. p. 9D. Retrieved January 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Seven Questions with Beverly Archer of Mama's Family and Major Dad, Plus a Video Message; The Munsters Halloween Marathon in New York City on WLNY". blog.sitcomsonline.com. October 22, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2022. I'm studying sculpting, and that is what I was doing in Italy. I do a lot of traveling. I did have my shop in upstate New York. That was the first thing I did after I retired.