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DeWitt began her stage career at age 13. When she was 13, DeWitt began performing on stage. She received an Bachelor of Arts degree from Ball State University. In the following year, as she was performing in summer productions when she met with the director, she convinced her to join UCLA's Department of Theater MFA program,where she was awarded the Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in addition to the Clifton Webb Scholarship. Dewitt said she never met actor Abe Vigoda while she was at UCLA. She worked as secretary during her time at UCLA. DeWitt is best known for her portrayal of Janet Wood during the 1977-1984 season of sitcom Three's Company, a job she was offered following her casting in the show's second pilot. DeWitt also played Janet in an episode from 1979 on the spinoff show The Ropers. DeWitt was the only actor to be featured in the series' 1984 finale. She was then featured in an episode of Finder of Lost Lovers in 1984. Then she ceased acting for a long time. Acting was her first return on stage in June 1991 in which she appeared in the Noises Off production at Michigan's Cherry County Playhouse. After that she appeared on the TV comedy Spring Fling! Pinky and the Brain aired in 1997, and featured a character based upon her. The voice actor was another actress. She appeared on an episode of Cybill, and had a cameo on the penultimate episode of Living Single. Her work in the 2000s include television shows like Hope Island, The Nick at Nite Holiday Special and Call of the Wild.