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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
DEAN WITTER VARIABLE INVESTMENT SERIES
Dated May 1, 1997
The sentences pertaining to the INCOME BUILDER PORTFOLIO in the subsection
entitled "Portfolio Management" under the subsection entitled "General Portfolio
Techniques" in the section of the Prospectus entitled "INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND
POLICIES" are hereby replaced by the following:
Paul D. Vance and Peter M. Avelar, Senior Vice Presidents of
InterCapital, have been the primary portfolio co-managers of
the INCOME BUILDER PORTFOLIO since its inception and January 1998,
respectively, and have been portfolio managers with InterCapital
for over five years.
January 23, 1998
