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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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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.

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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.

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DeWit died in Los Angeles on January 7, 1998, at age 85. She was cremated and returned to her family in residence.

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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