Joyce DeWitt

For me Joyce DeWitt is inseparable from Janet Wood on Three's Company, a role she held through the show's golden run from 1977 to 1984. What impresses me is not flashiness but reliability: she was the grounded presence who let the comedy breathe and made the ensemble click week after week. A Ball State graduate from Wheeling, West Virginia, she brought a steady warmth that sitcoms live or die on. I tend to admire performers who serve the whole rather than chase the scene, and DeWitt's lasting affection from fans tells me she had exactly that instinct.

Name (English)

Joyce DeWitt

Name (Japanese)

ジョイス・デウィット

Reading

じょいす・でうぃっと

Born

April 23, 1949 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

Origin

Wheeling, West Virginia, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor

University

Ball State University

• Official sitehttps://www.joycedewitt.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce%20DeWitt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245765

Tags

• West Virginia
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.