
DeWitt started her stage career at age 13. At 13 Dewitt started performing on the stage. She received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Ball State University. In the following year, as she was performing in summer show when she met with the director, she convinced her to enroll in UCLA's Department of Theater MFA program,where 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 mentored by actor Abe Vigoda, Dewitt has said that the two never had a conversation. DeWitt is well-known for her role as Janet Wood during the 1977-1984 run of sitcom Three's Company, a job she obtained after being cast in the second pilot episode of the show. She also portrayed Janet in an episode of the show in 1979. spinoff series The Ropers. After Three's Company ended in 1984, DeWitt appeared in an episode of Finder of Lost Loves in 1984 then she stopped acting for a number of years. In June 1991, she returned to acting when she played an in Noises Off at Michigan's Cherry County Playhouse. In the following year, she appeared in the 1995 TV comedy film Spring Fling! Pinky and the Brain aired in 1997, and featured a character based on her. It was voiced partly by another actress. The actress was also featured in an episode of Cybill. She's appeared on television shows such as Hope Island, The Nick at Nite Holiday Special, and Call of the Wild in 2000.
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