Beverly Archer
Beverly Archer is an American actress 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]
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![]() Archer and Oliver Clark in the television program We've Got Each Other (1977) |
Career
In addition to her roles as a regular member of the cast on Mama's Family and Major Dad, Archer has appeared on a number of other programs, including The Young and the Restless, ALF, and the movie Project: ALF. She played 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 Grace Under Fire, Family Ties and The Fall Guy. She portrayed Nancy Walker's daughter in The Nancy Walker Show. Aside from acting, Archer wrote episodes for both Mama's Family and ALF.
Archer appeared in a 1987 episode of Rosie, where she played the role of Kate Boston the former student at Peachtree Academy. In addition to acting, Archer also wrote three ALF episodes.
She retired from acting[3] in 2002.
References
- Marsh, Earle F.; Brooks, Tim (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–present. New York: Random House Digital, Inc. p. 843. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
- Buck, Jerry (January 2, 1993). "Archer expands her range by playing a tough Marine". The Milwaukee Journal. AP. p. T31. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
- "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.