Beverly Archer is an American actress and writer who is perhaps best known as Iola Boylen on Mama's Family and Gunnery Sgt. Alva Bricker on Major Dad.
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.
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.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1978A Different ApproachGrocery ShopperShort film1988The Couch TripMrs. Guber1988Vice VersaMrs. Luttrell1995The Brady Bunch MovieMrs. Whitfield1996Project: ALFDr. CarnageTelevision film1998Walking to the WaterlinePam Whitman1998The Christmas WishMiss Enid Cook Television film2000Going HomeMrs. Morris
Television Year Title Role Notes1976-1977The Nancy Walker ShowLorraine13 episodes1977-1978We've Got Each OtherJudy Hubbard13 episodes1978ABC Weekend SpecialMs. GreenfieldEpisode: "Little Lulu" (S2.E5)1982The Magical World of DisneyAngelicaEpisode: "The Adventures of Pollyanna" (S28.E22)1983It Takes TwoBeatriceEpisode: "The Suit" (S1.E21)1984Mama MaloneIrisEpisode: "Dino's Fan" (S1.E11)1984Family TiesSue BarkerEpisode: "4 Rms Ocn Vu" (S3.E8)1984-1985SpencerMiss Spier11 episodes1985WashingtoonLaura Esterjack10 episodes1986The Fall GuyNurse DievelEpisode: "Lady in Green" (S5.E19)1986Comedy FactoryMiss. CarpEpisode: "Chameleon" (S2.E5)1986-1990Mama's FamilyIola Boylen92 episodes1988ALFMrs. Byrd3 episodes1988My Sister SamEpisode: "Camp Burn-out" (S2.E15)1990-1993Major DadGySgt. Alva Bricker70 episodes1991What a DummyMrs. FineEpisode: "My Imaginary Friend" (S1.E18)1992Tiny Toon AdventuresNurse Kleinerman/Miss Heberly #1 (voice)Episode: "Grandma's Dead" (S3.E13)1994Full HouseMrs. TwitchelEpisode: "The Test" (S7.E15)1994-1996Married... with ChildrenMiss HardawayEpisodes: "Dial 'B' for Virgin" (S9.E7) and "Bud Hits the Books" (S10.E24)1994Love & WarTechnicianEpisode: "Jack's Breast" (S3.E7)1994Grace Under FireAlice DaileyEpisode: "Ka-Boom" (S2.E10)1994-1997Aaahh!!! Real MonstersThe Liberty Monster/Woman/Maid (all voice roles)5 episodes1995The George Wendt ShowEleanorEpisode: "And Here's to You, Mrs. Robertson" (S1.E7)1995The MommiesMs. ClarkEpisode: "Four Mommies and a Funeral" (S2.E13)1996-1998JumanjiMs. Burnbaum (voice)4 episodes1997Duckman: Private Dick/Family ManLady Calowina Worthington-Ford (voice)Episode: "Duckman and Cornfed in 'Haunted Society Plumbers" (S4.E14)1997CluelessMrs. DeMichaelEpisodes: "Suddenly Stupid" (S2.E3) and "A Very P.C. Christmas (Holiday)" (S2.E12)1999The Young and the RestlessShirley Sherwood12 episodes2002RugratsLibrarian (voice)Episode: "Quiet, Please/Early Retirement" (S8.E5)
Video games Year Title Role Notes2001Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 3rd EditionVoice talentVoice role
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