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
Spellbound · 1945Spellbound
★ 7.41945
MovieThrillerMystery
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dragon Seed · 1944Dragon Seed
★ 6.81944
MovieDrama
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against the Japanese invaders.
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.
La Classe américaine · 1993La Classe américaine
★ 7.61993
MovieComedyTV Movie
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
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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)
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)














