Joyce DeWitt Biography
Joyce DeWitt is an American comedian and actress best known for her role as Janet Wood in ABC’s popular sitcom Three’s Company (from 1977 to 1984). She is also known for hosting and co-producing the NBC TV show Behind the Camera in 2003.
How old is Joyce DeWitt?- Age
DeWitt is 73 years old as of April 2021. She was born Joyce Anne DeWitt on April 23, 1949, in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States.
Joyce DeWitt Education
DeWitt graduated from Speedway Senior High School in Indiana. She later moved to California after receiving a bachelor’s degree in theater from Ball State University. In 1974, she received her Master’s degree in theatre arts from the University of California (UCLA).
What ethnicity is Joyce DeWitt? – Nationality – Ethnicity
DeWitt holds American nationality and citizenship by birth. She was born in the suburbs of Wheeling, West Virginia but she grew up in the northern neighborhood of Speedway, Indiana, the United States by a middle-class family of Italian and Dutch descent. Therefore, Joyce is of mixed Italian and Dutch ethnicity/heritage/ancestry.
Joyce DeWitt Height- Weight
Joyce stands at an average height of 5 feet 4 inches. She also maintains an average bodyweight of around 52 kilograms (115 lbs).
Joyce DeWitt Parents
DeWitt was born in the northern part of Wheeling, West Virginia, but her parents raised her in the Indianapolis suburb of Speedway, Indiana. She was raised as the daughter of Noma and Paul DeWitt (father). Her father is of Italian descent, and her mother is of Dutch descent. Joyce has three older siblings as well.
Joyce DeWitt Husband -Married
DeWitt dated LeVar Burton for three months before splitting in 1980. Prior to Levar, she was married to Ray Buktencia, an American TV and film actor whom she met during her sophomore year at UCLA. However, the couple divorced in 1980.
Joyce Dewitt’s Net Worth
DeWitt has an estimated net worth of around $4 million dollars.
Joyce Three’s Company – Career
Three’s Company is a famous 1977 sitcom that aired on ABC for eight seasons. The storyline of the TV show Chronicles the life of two single girls who need a roommate to share their Santa Monica apartment. Therefore, they decide to offer a room to the strange guy they eventually find passed out in the bathtub after the going away party for their last roommate. Joyce played Janet Wood in the series as her breakthrough role.
Dewitt Movies and TV Shows
MOVIES:
- 2018 The Savant
- 2015 Rock Story
- 2014 Snapshot
- 2014 My Boyfriends’ Dogs
- 2011 The Great Fight
- 2010 Failing Better Now
- 2009 Call of the Wild
- 2003 The Nick at Nite Holiday Special
- 2000 Hope Island
- 1998 Twitch City
- 1998 Living Single
- 1995 Spring Fling!
- 1995 Cybill
- 1984 Finder of Lost Loves
- 1980 The B.B. Beegle Show
- 1979 The Ropers
- 1978 With This Ring
- 1977–1984 Three’s Company
- 1976 Most Wanted
- 1975 Baretta Mother Earth
