
DeWitt first performed on stage when she was 13 years old. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Ball State University. Subsequently, while she was acting in summer shows, the director convinced her to take part in UCLA's Department of Theater MFA program,where she received the Master of Fine Arts Fellowship and the Clifton Webb Scholarship. While attending UCLA she was employed as a secretary before making her television debut on the show's episode Baretta.Contrary to reports that she was taught by actor Abe Vigoda, Dewitt has declared that the two actors never met. DeWitt is best known for her role as Janet Wood during the 1977-1984 period of the sitcom Three's Company, a job she was offered after being cast in the second pilot episode of the show. Janet also appeared in an episode of the show The Ropers in the year 1979. Following the show's conclusion, Three's Company ended in 1984, DeWitt appeared in an episode of Finder of Lost Loves in the year 1984, in which she then resigned as an actor for several years. In June 1991 she returned to acting by playing an important role in Noises Off at Michigan's Cherry County Playhouse. After that, she appeared in the TV comedy Spring Fling! A character based on her voice, voiced by a different actress, was featured in a 1997 episode of Pinky and the Brain. The actress appeared in an episode of Cybill, and had an appearance on the last episode of Living Single. Her 2000s work includes TV shows such as Hope Island, The Nick at Nite Holiday Special and Call of the Wild.
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