Person
Eve Brent
Acting · 1929–2011 · Houston, Texas, USA
Biography
Jean Ann Ewers (September 11, 1929 – August 27, 2011), known professionally as Eve Brent and Jean Lewis, was an American actress who portrayed Jane in Tarzan's Fight for Life. Eve Brent began her career in radio and early television and later moved on to the college and little theater stage. Arriving in Hollywood with a husband and infant son in the 1950s, she landed some films including Gun Girls (1957), Journey to Freedom (1957), The Bride and the Beast (1958), and episodic TV roles. Maverick director Samuel Fuller changed her name to Eve Brent when she appeared in his western Forty Guns (1957), the first of dozens of screen roles for her under that name. She then played Jane opposite Gordon Scott's Tarzan in Tarzan and the Trappers, Tarzan's Fight for Life (both 1958), and in episodes of a Tarzan TV series. In addition to her big-screen and episodic TV assignments, she has appeared in hundreds of commercials. She later had the role of Elaine Connelly in The Green Mile and a small role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Known for
Dallas
Miss Ellie Ewing
Frasier
Hostess
JAG
Neighbor
Scrubs
Mrs. Harris
Twin Peaks
Theodora Ridgely
The Red Skelton Show
Wife
Community
Glenda
Ironside
Mrs. Creighton
Adam-12
Mrs. Hedley
Little House on the Prairie
Elna Jacobsen
Filmography
- 2012Ticket OutEmma
- 2011Hit ListMrs. Sheehan
- 2009CommunityGlenda
- 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonOld Woman (uncredited)
- 2008Water and PowerMrs. Rose
- 2007Palo Alto, CAGrandma
- 2006Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce HumberstoneSelf
- 2004GarfieldMrs. Baker
- 2001ScrubsMrs. Harris
- 2000Between Christmas and New Year'sMay
- 2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green MileSelf (uncredited)
- 1999The Green MileElaine Connelly
- 1999RoswellBess Covendall
- 1999Get RealEdna
- 1998In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan RossSelf
- 1995JAGNeighbor
- 1994EllenLovely Old Woman (uncredited)
- 1993Grace Under Fire
- 1993FrasierHostess
- 1992Saved By the Bell: Hawaiian StyleMrs. Finley
- 1990Twin PeaksTheodora Ridgely
- 1989SnoopsRamona Esterhause
- 1989Tales from the CryptJudge #1 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
- 1989The ExpertsAunt Thelma
- 1987Deathrow GameshowCrossing Guard
- 1987Date with an AngelMatron #1
- 1984Finder of Lost LovesParrish Housekeeper
- 1984Highway to HeavenLandlady
- 1984Racing with the MoonMrs. Kaiser
- 1983Going BerserkMrs. Reese
- 1983BrainWavesMrs. Simpson
- 1980Fade to BlackAunt Stella Binford
- 1979Knots LandingRose Kaplan
- 1978DallasMiss Ellie Ewing
- 1977The White BuffaloFrieda
- 1975Timber TrampsCorey Sykes
- 1974Little House on the PrairieElna Jacobsen
- 1972Emergency!Alice
- 1971The Todd Killings
- 1970S.L.I.P.
- 1970AirportMrs. David Corman (uncredited)
- 1969The Happy EndingEthel
- 1969The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1st Nurse
- 1968Coogan's BluffHooker (uncredited)
- 1968Adam-12Mrs. Hedley
- 1967A Guide for the Married ManJoe X's Blowsy Blonde
- 1967IronsideMrs. Creighton
- 1967DragnetMrs. Carver
- 1962Stakeout!Susie
- 1960CheckmateBarbara Walters
- 1958Tarzan's Fight for LifeJane
- 1958Destination NightmareLila Kirby
- 1958The Bride and the BeastStewardess (as Jean Ann Lewis)
- 1958Tarzan and the TrappersJane
- 1957Gun GirlsJoy
- 1957Forty GunsLouvenia Spanger
- 1957Journey to FreedomMary Raikin
- 1957The Garment JungleReceptionist (uncredited)
- 1957The Storm RiderMrs. Cooper
- 1956Female JungleMonica Madison
- 1954Annie OakleyClara Bickel
- 1952Adventures of SupermanWoman
- 1951The Red Skelton ShowWife
- 1950Lux Video TheatreWaitress
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