Joyce DeWitt

Joyce DeWitt (born on April 23, 1949) is an American actress most famous for her role as Janet Wood on the television situation comedy Three's Company.

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April 23 - 1949 - American - Janet Wood - Television - Situation comedy - Three's Company

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She was born to a father of Swedish, Scottish, Irish, and French descent and an Italian-American mother. She became almost as famous for her disappearance after the series as she did for her Three's Company role; after the series, she did not appear as a regular player on any television series, which led to a number of "Whatever Happened to Joyce DeWitt?" retrospectives in newspaper entertainment columns and television gossip shows http://www.weht.net/WEHT/Joyce_DeWitt.html http://ask.yahoo.com/19980915.html. This was also parodied on an episode of Family Guy, when Brian finds DeWitt hiding in a pot in an Aladdin-type fantasy world. Surprised, Brian remarks, "Joyce DeWitt!? So that's where you've been all these years!" To which she promptly responds with a "Shhh."

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Swedish - Scottish - Irish - French - Italian - American - Family Guy - Brian - Aladdin

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She and her former Three's Company co-star Suzanne Somers have had an acrimonious relationship and, according to many sources, did not speak to each other for approximately twenty-three years, but have apparently made up in light of former co-star John Ritter's untimely death.

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Suzanne Somers - John Ritter

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Famous for always wearing pantyhose, she became a paid endorser for hosiery. DeWitt was also engaged to actor Randolph Mantooth, but they called off their engagement.

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Joyce DeWitt was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and grew up in Speedway, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. After she received a bachelor's degree from Ball State University, she moved to California to earn her masters degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. While attending UCLA, she worked part-time as a house painter and once was hired to paint actor Abe Vigoda's garage doors. This painting job spawned a friendship between DeWitt and Vigoda which has endured to the present day, although both actors are pretty much retired from show business.

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Wheeling - West Virginia - Speedway - Indiana - Indianapolis - Bachelor's degree - Ball State University - California - University of California at Los Angeles - Abe Vigoda

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