Beverly Archer is an American actress and writer who is perhaps best known as
Iola Boylen on ''
Mama's Family
''Mama's Family'' is an American sitcom television series starring Vicki Lawrence as Thelma Harper, Mama (Thelma Harper). The series is a spin-off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called "The Family (sketch), The Family" featured on ''T ...
''
and
Gunnery Sgt. Alva Bricker on ''
Major Dad
''Major Dad'' is an American sitcom television series created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from September 17, 1989, to May 17, 1993, on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. M ...
''.
Career
Early roles for Archer included portraying
Nancy Walker
Nancy Walker (born Anna Myrtle Swoyer;Often mistranscribed as "Smoyer" May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress and comedian of stage, screen, and television. She was also a film and television director (lending her talents to ''Th ...
's daughter in ''
The Nancy Walker Show'', the breadwinner of the family in ''
We've Got Each Other
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Premise
The television series follows the lives of the Hibbard couple dealing with neighbors, work, and life in general. In th ...
'', and a congressman's secretary on ''Washingtoon''.
She became known in the late 1980s and early 1990s for her roles as
Iola Boylen on ''
Mama's Family
''Mama's Family'' is an American sitcom television series starring Vicki Lawrence as Thelma Harper, Mama (Thelma Harper). The series is a spin-off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called "The Family (sketch), The Family" featured on ''T ...
'' (1986–1990) and as
Gunnery Sgt. Alva Bricker on ''
Major Dad
''Major Dad'' is an American sitcom television series created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from September 17, 1989, to May 17, 1993, on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. M ...
'' (1990–1993). In addition to those roles, she also appeared on ''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after the real-life Genoa City, Wiscon ...
'', ''
ALF'', and the movie ''
Project: ALF''. She played Charlie's dull teacher in ''
Vice Versa'', a thieving teacher in ''
The Brady Bunch Movie
''The Brady Bunch Movie'' is a 1995 American comedy film that parodies the 1969–1974 television series ''The Brady Bunch'' (albeit in postmodern lens). The film was directed by Betty Thomas, with a screenplay by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, a ...
'', 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
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.
She also appeared in a 1994 episode of ''
Full House
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'', where she played the role of an unsympathetic
SAT
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test monitor. She made guest appearances on episodes of ''
Family Ties
''Family Ties'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22, 1982, and concluding on May 14, 1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the social shift in the United Stat ...
'', ''
The Fall Guy
''The Fall Guy'' is an American action-adventure television series produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981, to May 2, 1986. It stars Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas as Hollywood stunt performers who moonl ...
'', and ''
Grace Under Fire
''Grace Under Fire'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, to February 17, 1998. Created by Chuck Lorre, the series starred Brett Butler as Grace Kelly, a single mother and recovering alcoholic raising t ...
''.
She retired from acting in 2002.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Living people
American television actresses
American film actresses
American soap opera actresses
American women television writers
American television writers
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American women writers
21st-century American actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)