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DeWitt began performing on stage at age 13. At 13 years old, Dewitt began to perform on stage. She graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree from Ball State University. In the following year, as she was performing in summer stock she was convinced by the director to take part in UCLA's Department of Theater MFA program,where she received the Master of Fine Arts Fellowship as well as the Clifton Webb Scholarship. While at UCLA she worked as a secretary until her television debut on an episode of Baretta.Contrary to the rumor that she was trained by actor Abe Vigoda, Dewitt has said that the two never had a conversation. The role she played by DeWitt as Janet Wood in Three's Company's 1977-84 series is among her most famous. She was cast in the show's pilot and then was hired. DeWitt also appeared as Janet in an episode in 1979 of the spinoff series The Ropers. After Three's Company ended in 1984, DeWitt appeared in an episode of Finder of Lost Loves in 1984, in which she then resigned as an actor for a number of years. In June 1991 she came back to acting with an in Noises Off at Michigan's Cherry County Playhouse. Then she was a part of the TV comedy 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 in the episode of Cybill. Her 2000s work include television shows like Hope Island, The Nick at Nite Holiday Special and Call of the Wild.