Danielle Spencer (actress)

Danielle Spencer, DVM (born June 24, 1965) is an American actress and former child star best known for her role as the sarcastic adolescent Dee Thomas on the 1970s American sitcom What's Happening!!, which ran from 1976 to 1979. She would later reprise the role in eleven episodes on the series' sequel, What's Happening Now.

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Spencer became a veterinarian in 1996. She actually portrayed a veterinarian in the movies As Good As It Gets (1997) and Peter Rabbit and the Crucifix (2001).

Spencer is the stepdaughter of actor Tim Pelt, who was killed in a car accident on September 7, 1977. Spencer herself was seriously injured in that same accident.

Spencer has been married since 1999.

Spencer tied with Alison Arngrim (Nellie on Little House on the Prairie) for "Character Most in Need of a Time-out" award on Nickelodeon's TV Land Awards in 2006 for her role on "What's Happening".