Joyce DeWitt Biography - Net Worth, Age, Husband and Kids

May 2024 · 6 minute read

Joyce DeWitt is a famous American actress and comedian who was born on April 23, 1949 and is currently 74 years old. She has a net worth of $4 million and began her career in the early 1960s, taking a break for some time in the 1980s before returning again in 1991. 

While she has built a great career for herself, Joyce DeWitt’s personal life has left some gaps as she has never been married, nor does she have any kids. We look at her personal and professional life, as well as other things the actress has been involved in.

Summary of Joyce DeWitt’s Bio

How Old Is Joyce DeWitt Now?

As indicated, Joyce Dewitt was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, on April 23, 1949, which makes her now 74 years old. She was brought up in Speedway, where she also got her education.

The actress was raised in a strict catholic environment up by her parents, Paul W. Dewitt and Norma Dewitt, together with her siblings, David Dewitt, Ruth Musgrave, and Doug DeWitt. Her father has Dutch and Irish roots, while her mother is of Italian extraction.

Joyce DeWitt went to Speedway Senior High School, where she got into acting. She graduated from the institution in 1967. Next, she went to Ball State University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts, and then the University of California, Los Angeles, where she got her master’s degree.

Joyce DeWitt’s Net Worth Is Estimated at $4 Million

Joyce DeWitt has an estimated net worth of around $4 million, which she made from her successful career as an actress, which has stretched for more than four decades. She is also involved in light comedy, which also added to her numbers.

Her fame and fortune began first with her love for acting when she was a little girl. It was this that drove her to get involved in theater when she was only a girl of 13 years old. This career would extend for many years that followed, and it would cross from the theatre to also include TV and film.

Joyce has many stage productions to her name, as well as films and TV shows, including Baretta (1975), Witt the Rising (1979), Spring Fling! (1995), Hope Island (2000), Call of the Wild (2009), and The Savant (2018). She is, however, mostly remembered for her role in the TV series Three’s Company, in which she took the role of Janet Wood.

The show lasted from 1977 to 1984, and it was one of the main things that contributed to her net worth in the earliest stages of her career and one of the things that made her a household name. According to some reports, Joyce was making as much as $30,000 per episode of the show.

Back when Joyce DeWitt dated Raymond Buktenica, it was reported that they owned and ran a production company which was dissolved when they called off their relationship. While that is believed to have also added to her fortune at the time, what the company made while it lasted and what she got from it after it dissolved has never been made known.

She Has Been Involved in Charity

Beyond just making money, the actress has found many ways of spending her fortune, one of which has been to impact the lives of others. She has been doing this through her involvement in various charities.

Dewitt has been a part of a Forum on Hunger and Homelessness, which also had members of the U.S. House as well as the Senate. In addition to that, she has also hosted various presentations about issues such as family assistance, as well as food and hunger.

Joyce Has Never Been Married

As regards her personal life, Joyce has never had a husband because she has never been married. When she was much younger, she revealed that she considered marriage to be an ideal state, but it was something that should be done with someone willing to go through life with her. She wanted someone who would have a relationship with her that was going to enrich both their lives and allow her to develop to the fullest.

Even though she has not been married, the actress has been in some relationships in the past. Back in the 1970s and into the 1980s, when she was in her 20s and 30s, Joyce Dewitt dated actor Raymond Buktenika for eight years before it came to an end.

Regarding the relationship, she stated that they fought constantly, and she lost self-esteem and self-confidence. She made a promise never to do that again for any man. This became her first and last known serious relationship, as she has ensured to keep all her other relationships away from the public domain.

Her next known relationship was very brief, and she didn’t say much about it. It was with actor LeVar Burton. The pair were linked in 1980 when they were said to have dated. This relationship did not last as long as her romance with Raymond; it came to an end after only three months. The actress did not provide any details about the relationship and how it came to an end.

Joyce DeWitt Does Not Have Any Kids

In the same way that she has never been married, so also it has been speculated that Joyce never had any kids of her own. The actress has never talked about having children, but back in the 1980s, following her failed relationship with Buktnika, the actress revealed that at that point, she was still not ready to be a mother even though she was in her 30s.

She said she was still practicing with her dog, Coconut. She added that her mission as a parent, if she had kids, was to expose them to everything she could and also allow them to develop with roots and wings.

Decades later, Joyce DeWitt has not made mention of any children, whether those that she gave birth to or if she had come to adopt any. That said, because of the private life that she has taken to, it is difficult to tell if she has decided on either having kids or adopting.

ncG1vNJzZmiapa%2FHr7XGnqmimV6YvK571Kxmo6epmLJusMSwoK2sXZe2sLPRmqehsV2jsrV51qipraBdlrSmedKppq6rlWKur7CMpKCdq18%3D