
DeWitt started her stage career at the age of 13. DeWitt was a graduate of Ball State University with a Bachelor's degree in Arts. The director encouraged her to apply for UCLA's Department of Theater MFA program. In the program, she was awarded the Master of Fine Arts Fellowship along with the Clifton Webb Scholarship. While attending UCLA she was employed as a secretary until her TV debut in the show's episode Baretta.Contrary to the rumor that she was guided by actor Abe Vigoda, Dewitt has declared that the two actors did not meet. The role she played by DeWitt as Janet Wood in Three's Company's 1977-84 season is the one that made her most famous. She was cast in the show's pilot and was eventually offered the role. She also portrayed Janet in a 1979 episode of the spinoff series The Ropers. After 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 a number of years. She made her return on stage in the month of June in 1991 when she appeared on an episode of the Noises Off production at Michigan's Cherry County Playhouse. One of her roles was in the 1995 TV comedy film Spring Fling! Pinky and the Brain aired a 1997 episode featuring an actress who was based on her. It was voiced in part by another actress. She was featured in an episode of Cybill and also made an appearance in Living Single's final episode. 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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