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Joyce Anne DeWitt (born April 23, 1949) is an American actress perhaps most famous for her role as Janet Wood on the television situation comedy Three's Company. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Nickname: The Friendly City Location in Ohio County in the State of West Virginia Coordinates: Settled 1769 Established 1806 Incorporated 1836 - Mayor Nick Sparachane - City Manager Robert Herron - Chief of Police Kevin Gessler, Sr. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area Ranked 41st - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²) - Width 130 miles (210 km) - Length 240 miles (385 km) - % water 0. ...
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Janet Wood Janet Wood was a fictional character on the television sitcom Threes Company. ...
For the Entourage episode, see Threes Company (Entourage). ...
April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
Janet Wood Janet Wood was a fictional character on the television sitcom Threes Company. ...
A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. ...
For the Entourage episode, see Threes Company (Entourage). ...
Biography
Early life Dewitt was born in West Virginia to Shirley and Paul DeWitt. Although she was born in West Virginia, Joyce grew up in Speedway, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. After she received a bachelor's degree from Ball State University, she moved to California to earn her masters degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). While attending UCLA, she worked part-time as a house painter and once was hired to paint the actor Abe Vigoda's garage doors. This painting job spawned a friendship between DeWitt and Vigoda which still endures. Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area Ranked 41st - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²) - Width 130 miles (210 km) - Length 240 miles (385 km) - % water 0. ...
Nickname: Home of the 500 Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Government - Town Council Area - City 4. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area Ranked 38th - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²) - Width 140 miles (225 km) - Length 270 miles (435 km) - % water 1. ...
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Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana, USA. Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball States campus spans more than one thousand acres (4 km²). The student body consists of more than 20,000 students, of which over 18,000 are...
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Abe Vigoda (born Abraham Charles Vigodah on February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor. ...
Career Famous for refusing to do any scenes bare-legged (she always wore either pantyhose or tights), she became a paid endorser for L'Eggs hosiery in the late 1970s. She became almost as famous for her disappearance after the series as she did for her Three's Company role; after the series, she did not appear as a regular player on any television series, which led to a number of "Whatever Happened to Joyce DeWitt?" retrospectives in newspaper entertainment columns and television gossip shows.[1][2] The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ...
Years later, DeWitt would reveal that she turned her back on Hollywood and show business because of the "disrespectful treatment" she received from the producers of Three's Company. She also co-produced and hosted the television film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company (2003) with actress Melanie Deanne Moore portraying her during her time on the Three's Company series. ...
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Personal life DeWitt and her former Three's Company co-star Suzanne Somers have had an acrimonious relationship (caused by Somers' mid-season salary negotiation ploy in 1980) and, according to many sources, still do not speak to each other. However, she and Priscilla Barnes (Somers's replacement on the show) became lifelong friends. Somers, from the opening credits of Threes Company (early seasons). ...
Barnes in the opening credits of Threes Company Priscilla Barnes (born in Fort Dix, New Jersey on December 7, 1955) is an American actress best known for replacing Suzanne Somers (Jenilee Harrison having stepped-in the season before) when Somers finally quit the show Threes Company. ...
DeWitt dated actor LeVar Burton, but her parents did not approve of the interracial romance, and it ended after six months.[3] She lived with actor Ray Buktenica in the late 1970's before the relationship ended.[4] Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. ...
Popular culture Her disappearance after Three's Compnay was parodied on an episode of Family Guy, when Brian finds DeWitt hiding in a wicker basket in a bazaar reminiscent of Indiana Jones. Surprised, Brian remarks, "Joyce DeWitt!? So that's where you've been!" To which she promptly responds with a "Shhh." Family Guy is an Emmy award winning American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ...
Brian Griffin is a fictional cartoon character on the FOX animated television series Family Guy, and is voiced by show creator, Seth MacFarlane. ...
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In an episode of Pinky and the Brain, DeWitt is revealed to be the ruler of the Earth. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
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