Eve Brent

Known for

Acting

Born

September 11, 1929

Birthplace

Houston, Texas, USA

Died

August 27, 2011 (aged 81)

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 Gor...

Best known work

The Green Mile

1999

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008

Garfield

2004

Twin Peaks

1990

Community

2009

Little House on the Prairie

1974

Tales from the Crypt

1989

Frasier

1993

Rugrats

1991

Roswell

1999

Filmography

2012
Ticket Out
as Emma
2011
Hit List
as Mrs. Sheehan
2009
CommunityTV
as Glenda (1 episode)
2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Old Woman (uncredited)
2008
Water and PowerTV
as Mrs. Rose (1 episode)
2007
Palo Alto, CA
as Grandma
2006
Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
as Self
2004
Garfield
as Mrs. Baker
2001
ScrubsTV
as Mrs. Harris (1 episode)
2000
Between Christmas and New Year's
as May
2000
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
as Self (uncredited)
1999
The Green Mile
as Elaine Connelly
1999
RoswellTV
as Bess Covendall (1 episode), as Jane Covendall (1 episode)
1999
Get RealTV
as Edna (1 episode)
1998
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
as Self
1995
JAGTV
as Neighbor (1 episode)
1994
EllenTV
as Lovely Old Woman (uncredited) (1 episode)
1993
Grace Under FireTV
1993
FrasierTV
as Hostess (1 episode)
1992
Saved By the Bell: Hawaiian Style
as Mrs. Finley
1991
RugratsTV
as Woman #3 (voice) (1 episode)
1990
Twin PeaksTV
as Theodora Ridgely (1 episode)
1989
SnoopsTV
as Ramona Esterhause (1 episode)
1989
Tales from the CryptTV
as Judge #1 (segment "The Man Who Was Death") (1 episode)
1989
The Experts
as Aunt Thelma