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Jacqueline deWit

Actor

Jacqueline deWit

Born September 26, 1912 in Los Angeles, California, USADied January 7, 199842 films

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.

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Spellbound posterFirst watchSpellbound19457.4as Nurse (uncredited)When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
All That Heaven Allows poster7.3All That Heaven Allows1955Pocketful of Miracles poster7.3Pocketful of Miracles1961Harper poster6.7Harper1966The Snake Pit poster7.1The Snake Pit1948The Leopard Man poster6.5The Leopard Man1943The Damned Don't Cry poster7.0The Damned Don't Cry1950Tea and Sympathy poster7.0Tea and Sympathy1956Twice-Told Tales poster6.2Twice-Told Tales1963

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. 1966HarperMrs. Kronberg
  2. 1963Twice-Told TalesHannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
  3. 1963It Happened at the World's FairMrs. Johnson (uncredited)
  4. 1961Pocketful of MiraclesLouise (Governor's Wife) (uncredited)
  5. 1958Hi Grandma!
  6. 1956Tea and SympathyLilly Sears
  7. 1956Toy TigerEdna
  8. 1956Prima DonnaEmmy
  9. 1955All That Heaven AllowsMona Plash
  10. 1955Lay That Rifle DownAunt Sarah Greeb
  11. 1955The ShrikeKatharine Meade
  12. 1954PlaygirlGreta Marsh
  13. 1953She's Back on BroadwayLisa Kramer
  14. 1952CarrieCarrie's Sister Minnie
  15. 1951The First LegionMiss Hamilton
  16. 1950Never a Dull MomentMyra Van Elson (uncredited)
  17. 1950On the Isle of SamoaMrs. Marguerite Leach
  18. 1950The Great Jewel RobberMrs. Arthur Vinson
  19. 1950The Happy YearsMrs. Cameron
  20. 1950The Damned Don't CrySandra
  21. 1949Chinatown at MidnightLisa Marcel (as Jacqueline DeWit)
  22. 1949It's a Great FeelingTrent's Secretary (uncredited)
  23. 1948The Snake PitCelia Sommerville (uncredited)
  24. 1947Something in the WindFashion Show Saleslady
  25. 1947The Lone Wolf in MexicoLiliane Dumont
  26. 1946Wild BeautyCissy Cruthers
  27. 1946Cuban PeteLindsay
  28. 1946She Wrote the BookMillicent Van Cleve
  29. 1946Little GiantHazel Temple Morrison
  30. 1945Saratoga TrunkGuilia Forosini (uncredited)
  31. 1945SpellboundNurse (uncredited)
  32. 1945Week-End at the WaldorfKate Douglas
  33. 1945That Night with YouBlossom Drake
  34. 1945Men in Her DiaryMarjorie Barnes
  35. 1945Lady on a TrainMiss Fletcher, Morgan's Secretary
  36. 1945Swing Out, SisterPat Cameron
  37. 1945I'll Remember AprilWhisper
  38. 1945Fog IslandEmiline Bronson (as Jacqueline DeWit)
  39. 1944Moonlight and CactusElsie
  40. 1944Black MagicJustine Bonner
  41. 1944Dragon SeedWu Lien's Wife
  42. 1943The Leopard ManHelene (uncredited)