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Jacqueline deWit

Date of birth: 1912-09-26

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Jacqueline de Wit, Wilhelmina deWit, Jacqueline DeWit

Jacqueline deWit

Biography

Jacqueline deWit (September 26, 1912 – January 7, 1998) was an American film and TV character actress from Los Angeles who appeared in over two dozen films, including Spellbound (1945), The Snake Pit, The Damned Don't Cry!, Tea and Sympathy, All That Heaven Allows and Harper. She also appeared in the 1946 Abbott and Costello comedy Little Giant, as Bud Abbott's wife.

Movie Credits

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
5

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019-11-14

Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a specia

The Leopard Man
3.3

The Leopard Man

1943-05-08

When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

Lady on a Train
3.3

Lady on a Train

1945-08-03

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When sh

It Happened at the World's Fair
2.9

It Happened at the World's Fair

1963-04-03

Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custod

It's a Great Feeling
2.9

It's a Great Feeling

1949-08-20

A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big b

The Damned Don't Cry
3.5

The Damned Don't Cry

1950-05-13

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

Little Giant
2.5

Little Giant

1946-02-22

Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the cro

All That Heaven Allows
3.7

All That Heaven Allows

1955-08-25

Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love wit

The Snake Pit
3.6

The Snake Pit

1948-11-04

Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arr

Something in the Wind
3.1

Something in the Wind

1947-07-21

A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt,

Tea and Sympathy
3.5

Tea and Sympathy

1956-09-27

A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassion

Black Magic
3.5

Black Magic

1944-08-19

Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

Chinatown at Midnight
2.8

Chinatown at Midnight

1949-11-17

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the

Pocketful of Miracles
3.6

Pocketful of Miracles

1961-12-18

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady

That Night with You
0

That Night with You

1945-09-28

In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes to a

Saratoga Trunk
2.9

Saratoga Trunk

1945-11-21

An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces

Week-End at the Waldorf
3

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945-10-04

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a w

The Great Jewel Robber
3.4

The Great Jewel Robber

1950-07-15

Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the noto

Dragon Seed
3.3

Dragon Seed

1944-07-20

Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Ch

Lay That Rifle Down
2.8

Lay That Rifle Down

1955-07-07

A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.

Swing Out, Sister
1.8

Swing Out, Sister

1945-05-18

Universal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra. Secr

I'll Remember April
1.8

I'll Remember April

1945-04-01

The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets involved

Cuban Pete
2.5

Cuban Pete

1946-06-26

Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to C

Playgirl
2

Playgirl

1954-04-21

If you remember Shelley Winters from "The Poseidon Adventure" or "Bloody Mama," you might tend to fo

The First Legion
3.4

The First Legion

1951-05-04

A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.

On the Isle of Samoa
3.8

On the Isle of Samoa

1950-08-03

After committing a robbery, a man is inspired to confess by a lovely native girl he meets on a small

The Shrike
3

The Shrike

1955-06-16

Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous

Carrie
3.2

Carrie

1952-07-17

In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her

Wild Beauty
0

Wild Beauty

1946-08-08

In this western, a Native American boy and his horse Wild Beauty make friends with a gentle doctor w

Hi Grandma!
0

Hi Grandma!

1958-05-07

A young mechanical genius invents a recording device that can play back the voices of the dead. Here

Toy Tiger
3.1

Toy Tiger

1956-06-29

Advertising executive Gwen Taylor sends her art director Rick Todd on a mission to bring an artist b

Twice-Told Tales
3.1

Twice-Told Tales

1963-09-01

3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegge

Fog Island
2.7

Fog Island

1945-02-15

Leo, a former convict, is living in seclusion on an island with his step-daughter, the daughter of h

The Lone Wolf in Mexico
2.9

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

1947-01-16

In this entry in the enduring series, the suave jewel thief finds himself helping the police break u

The Happy Years
3.9

The Happy Years

1950-07-07

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at

Moonlight and Cactus
2

Moonlight and Cactus

1944-09-08

The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a

Harper
3.3

Harper

1966-02-22

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him

She Wrote the Book
3

She Wrote the Book

1946-05-31

A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to

She's Back on Broadway
2.9

She's Back on Broadway

1953-03-14

When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first

Men in Her Diary
0

Men in Her Diary

1945-09-14

Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary, who

Spellbound
3.7

Spellbound

1945-11-08

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital dire

La Classe américaine
3.8

La Classe américaine

1993-12-31

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an

Never a Dull Moment
2.7

Never a Dull Moment

1950-08-19

Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widow

Prima Donna
0

Prima Donna

1956-02-01

A famous singer discovers a newsboy with vocal talent, but he would rather play baseball than develo

Time Enough at Last
5

Time Enough at Last

A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.