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DeWitt first performed on stage when she was 13 years old. When she was 13 years old, DeWitt began to perform on the stage. She graduated with an undergraduate degree from Ball State University. The director suggested that she enroll in UCLA's Department of Theater MFA program. There she received the Master of Fine Arts Fellowship and the Clifton Webb Scholarship. While attending UCLA she was employed as a secretary up to her first appearance on TV in the show's episode Baretta.Contrary to the rumor that she was mentored by actor Abe Vigoda, Dewitt has declared that the two actors never did meet. DeWitt is most well-known for her character Janet Wood during the 1977-1984 run of sitcom Three's Company, a job she landed after being cast in the second pilot episode of the show. Janet was also featured in an episode of The Ropers in 1979. DeWitt began her acting career in the episode 1984 of Three's Company. She returned to acting, taking participation in the production of Noises Off at Michigan's Cherry County Playhouse in June 1991. Then she was a part of the TV comedy Spring Fling! A character that was based on her, voiced by an actress, was in a 1997 episode on Pinky and the Brain. She was featured in an episode Cybill. She's been on shows on TV such as Hope Island, The Nick at Nite Holiday Special, and Call of the Wild in 2000.