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.
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.
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