Eve Brent
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.
Filmography
Ticket Out
2012
as Emma
Hit List
2011
as Mrs. Sheehan
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
as Old Woman (uncredited)
Palo Alto, CA
2007
as Grandma
- No poster
Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
2006
as Self
Garfield
2004
as Mrs. Baker
Between Christmas and New Year's
2000
as May
- No poster
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
as Self (uncredited)
The Green Mile
1999
as Elaine Connelly
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998
as Self
Saved By the Bell: Hawaiian Style
1992
as Mrs. Finley
The Experts
1989
as Aunt Thelma
Deathrow Gameshow
1987
as Crossing Guard
Date with an Angel
1987
as Matron #1
Racing with the Moon
1984
as Mrs. Kaiser
Going Berserk
1983
as Mrs. Reese
BrainWaves
1983
as Mrs. Simpson
Fade to Black
1980
as Aunt Stella Binford
The White Buffalo
1977
as Frieda
Timber Tramps
1975
as Corey Sykes
The Todd Killings
1971
S.L.I.P.
1970
Airport
1970
as Mrs. David Corman (uncredited)
The Happy Ending
1969
as Ethel