Acting
Jacqueline deWit
Born September 26, 1912 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died January 7, 1998 · aged 85
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.
Known For
Harper · 1966Harper
★ 6.71966
MovieMysteryCrime
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Spellbound · 1945Spellbound
★ 7.41945
MovieDramaCrime
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 impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
All That Heaven Allows · 1955All That Heaven Allows
★ 7.31955
MovieDramaRomance
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.
Pocketful of Miracles · 1961Pocketful of Miracles
★ 7.31961
MovieComedyDrama
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
It Happened at the World's Fair · 1963It Happened at the World's Fair
★ 5.81963
MovieComedyMusic
Mike Edwards and Danny Burke fly a cropduster, but due to Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitchhike to the World's Fair in Seattle and, while Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike cares for a small girl whose father has disappeared.
Tea and Sympathy · 1956Tea and Sympathy
★ 7.01956
MovieDrama
A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.
The Snake Pit · 1948The Snake Pit
★ 7.11948
MovieDramaMystery
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
The Damned Don't Cry · 1950The Damned Don't Cry
★ 7.01950
MovieCrimeDrama
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
Filmography
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Pocketful of Miracles · 1961Pocketful of Miracles
★ 7.31961
MovieComedyDrama
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Louise (Governor's Wife) (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling · 1949It's a Great Feeling
★ 5.91949
MovieComedyMusic
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
Trent's Secretary (uncredited)
The Leopard Man · 1943The Leopard Man
★ 6.51943
MovieHorrorMystery
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Helene (uncredited)































