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.
Career She made numerous appearances on TV series such as Wagon Train, The Lineup, The Monkees, and most notably, in the iconic 1959 The Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough at Last", in which she played the nagging wife of the lead character played by Burgess Meredith.
DeWit's Broadway credits include The Taming of the Shrew in 1935. On radio, she portrayed Ruth Thompson on Meet Mr. McNultey and Valerie on Second Husband. She reprised the Thompson role on The Ray Milland Show, the TV version of Meet Mr. McNultey.
Personal life and demise DeWit died in Los Angeles on January 7, 1998, at age 85. She was cremated and returned to her family in residence.
Partial filmography
The Leopard Man (1943) - Helene (uncredited) Dragon Seed (1944) - Wu Lien's Wife Black Magic (1944) - Justine Bonner Moonlight and Cactus (1944) - Elsie Fog Island (1945) - Emiline Bronson I'll Remember April (1945) - Whisper Swing Out, Sister (1945) - Pat Cameron Lady on a Train (1945) - Miss Fletcher Men in Her Diary (1945) - Marjorie Barnes That Night with You (1945) - Blossom Drake Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) - Kate Douglas Spellbound (1945) - Nurse (uncredited) Saratoga Trunk (1945) - Guilia Forosini Little Giant (1946) - Hazel Temple Morrison She Wrote the Book (1946) - Millicent Van Cleve Cuban Pete (1946) - Lindsay Wild Beauty (1946) - Cissy Cruthers The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947) - Liliane Dumont Something in the Wind (1947) - Fashion Show Saleslady The Snake Pit (1948) - Celia Sommerville It's a Great Feeling (1949) - Trent's Secretary (uncredited) Chinatown at Midnight (1949) - Lisa Marcel The Damned Don't Cry (1950) - Sandra The Happy Years (1950) - Mrs. Cameron (uncredited) The Great Jewel Robber (1950) - Mrs. Arthur Vinson On the Isle of Samoa (1950) - Mrs. Marguerite Leach Never a Dull Moment (1950) - Myra Van Elson (uncredited) The First Legion (1951) - Miss Hamilton Carrie (1952) - Carrie's Sister Minnie She's Back on Broadway (1953) - Lisa Kramer Playgirl (1954) - Greta Marsh The Shrike (1955) - Katherine Meade Lay That Rifle Down (1955) - Aunt Sarah Greeb All That Heaven Allows (1955) - Mona Plash The Toy Tiger (1956) - Edna Tea and Sympathy (1956) - Lilly Sears Pocketful of Miracles (1961) - Louise - Governor's Wife (uncredited) It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) - Emma Johnson (uncredited) Twice-Told Tales (1963) - Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister Harper (1966) - Mrs. Kronberg
Television Year Title Role Notes1959The Twilight Zone Helen Bemis S1:E8, "Time Enough at Last"1967 The Monkees Kate Nesmith, Mike's aunt S2:E13, "Monkees in Texas"
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