Eve Brent
Acting
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.
TV Shows(28)
Community
Glenda
2009
Water and Power
Mrs. Rose
2008
Scrubs
Mrs. Harris
2001
Roswell
Bess Covendall
1999
Get Real
Edna
1999
JAG
Neighbor
1995
Ellen
Lovely Old Woman (uncredited)
1994
Grace Under Fire
1993
Frasier
Hostess
1993
Twin Peaks
Theodora Ridgely
1990
Snoops
Ramona Esterhause
1989
Tales from the Crypt
Judge #1 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
1989
Finder of Lost Loves
Parrish Housekeeper
1984
Highway to Heaven
Landlady
1984
Knots Landing
Rose Kaplan
1979
Dallas
Miss Ellie Ewing
1978
Little House on the Prairie
Elna Jacobsen
1974
Emergency!
Alice
1972
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1st Nurse
1969
Adam-12
Mrs. Hedley
1968
Ironside
Mrs. Creighton
1967
Dragnet
Mrs. Carver
1967
Checkmate
Barbara Walters
1960
Annie Oakley
Clara Bickel
1954
Adventures of Superman
Woman
1952
Dragnet
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Wife / Silent Spot
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Waitress
1950
Movies(37)
Hit List
Mrs. Sheehan
2011
Ticket Out
Emma
2011
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Old Woman (uncredited)
2008
Palo Alto, CA
Grandma
2007
Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Self
2006
Garfield
Mrs. Baker
2004
Between Christmas and New Year's
May
2000
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Self (uncredited)
2000
The Green Mile
Elaine Connelly
1999
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
Self
1998
Saved By the Bell: Hawaiian Style
Mrs. Finley
1992
The Experts
Aunt Thelma
1989
Deathrow Gameshow
Crossing Guard
1987
Date with an Angel
Matron #1
1987
Racing with the Moon
Mrs. Kaiser
1984
Going Berserk
Mrs. Reese
1983
BrainWaves
Mrs. Simpson
1983
Fade to Black
Aunt Stella Binford
1980
The White Buffalo
Frieda
1977
Timber Tramps
Corey Sykes
1975
The Todd Killings
1971
S.L.I.P.
1970
Airport
Mrs. David Corman (uncredited)
1970
The Happy Ending
Ethel
1969
Coogan's Bluff
Hooker (uncredited)
1968
A Guide for the Married Man
Joe X's Blowsy Blonde
1967
Stakeout!
Susie
1962
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Jane
1958
Destination Nightmare
Lila Kirby
1958
The Bride and the Beast
Stewardess (as Jean Ann Lewis)
1958
Tarzan and the Trappers
Jane
1958
Gun Girls
Joy
1957
Forty Guns
Louvenia Spanger
1957
Journey to Freedom
Mary Raikin
1957
The Garment Jungle
Receptionist (uncredited)
1957
The Storm Rider
Mrs. Cooper
1957
Female Jungle
Monica Madison
1956