Actor
Eve Brent
Born September 11, 1929 in Houston, Texas, USADied August 27, 201134 films
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.
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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.
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First watchThe Green Mile19998.5as Elaine ConnellyA supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
34 films as actor- 2012Ticket OutEmma
- 2011Hit ListMrs. Sheehan
- 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonOld Woman (uncredited)
- 2007Palo Alto, CAGrandma
- 2004GarfieldMrs. Baker
- 2000Between Christmas and New Year'sMay
- 1999The Green MileElaine Connelly
- 1992Saved By the Bell: Hawaiian StyleMrs. Finley
- 1989The ExpertsAunt Thelma
- 1987Deathrow GameshowCrossing Guard
- 1987Date with an AngelMatron #1
- 1984Racing with the MoonMrs. Kaiser
- 1983Going BerserkMrs. Reese
- 1983BrainWavesMrs. Simpson
- 1980Fade to BlackAunt Stella Binford
- 1977The White BuffaloFrieda
- 1975Timber TrampsCorey Sykes
- 1971The Todd Killings
- 1970S.L.I.P.
- 1970AirportMrs. David Corman (uncredited)
- 1969The Happy EndingEthel
- 1968Coogan's BluffHooker (uncredited)
- 1967A Guide for the Married ManJoe X's Blowsy Blonde
- 1962Stakeout!Susie
- 1960Tarzan and the TrappersJane
- 1958Tarzan's Fight for LifeJane
- 1958Destination NightmareLila Kirby
- 1958The Bride and the BeastStewardess (as Jean Ann Lewis)
- 1957Gun GirlsJoy
- 1957Forty GunsLouvenia Spanger
- 1957Journey to FreedomMary Raikin
- 1957The Garment JungleReceptionist (uncredited)
- 1957The Storm RiderMrs. Cooper
- 1956Female JungleMonica Madison