Acting · Houston, Texas, USA · Born September 11, 1929
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.
MovieTicket Out
2012
as Emma
MovieHit List
2011
as Mrs. Sheehan
TVCommunity
2009
as Glenda
MovieThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
as Old Woman (uncredited)
TVWater and Power
2008
as Mrs. Rose
MoviePalo Alto, CA
2007
as Grandma
Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
2006
as Self
MovieGarfield
2004
as Mrs. Baker
TVScrubs
2001
as Mrs. Harris
MovieBetween Christmas and New Year's
2000
as May
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Green Mile
1999
as Elaine Connelly
TVRoswell
1999
as Bess Covendall
TVGet Real
1999
as Edna
MovieIn Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998
as Self
TVJAG
1995
as Neighbor
TVEllen
1994
as Lovely Old Woman (uncredited)
TVGrace Under Fire
1993
TVFrasier
1993
as Hostess
MovieSaved By the Bell: Hawaiian Style
1992
as Mrs. Finley
TVTwin Peaks
1990
as Theodora Ridgely
TVSnoops
1989
as Ramona Esterhause
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Judge #1 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
MovieThe Experts
1989
as Aunt Thelma
MovieDeathrow Gameshow
1987
as Crossing Guard
MovieDate with an Angel
1987
as Matron #1
TVFinder of Lost Loves
1984
as Parrish Housekeeper
TVHighway to Heaven
1984
as Landlady
MovieRacing with the Moon
1984
as Mrs. Kaiser
MovieGoing Berserk
1983
as Mrs. Reese
MovieBrainWaves
1983
as Mrs. Simpson
MovieFade to Black
1980
as Aunt Stella Binford
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Rose Kaplan
TVDallas
1978
as Miss Ellie Ewing
MovieThe White Buffalo
1977
as Frieda
MovieTimber Tramps
1975
as Corey Sykes
TVLittle House on the Prairie
1974
as Elna Jacobsen
TVEmergency!
1972
as Alice
MovieThe Todd Killings
1971
MovieS.L.I.P.
1970
MovieAirport
1970
as Mrs. David Corman (uncredited)
MovieThe Happy Ending
1969
as Ethel
TVThe Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as 1st Nurse
MovieCoogan's Bluff
1968
as Hooker (uncredited)
TVAdam-12
1968
as Mrs. Hedley
MovieA Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Joe X's Blowsy Blonde
TVIronside
1967
as Mrs. Creighton
TVDragnet
1967
as Mrs. Carver
MovieStakeout!
1962
as Susie
TVCheckmate
1960
as Barbara Walters
MovieTarzan's Fight for Life
1958
as Jane
Destination Nightmare
1958
as Lila Kirby
MovieThe Bride and the Beast
1958
as Stewardess (as Jean Ann Lewis)
MovieTarzan and the Trappers
1958
as Jane
MovieGun Girls
1957
as Joy
MovieForty Guns
1957
as Louvenia Spanger
MovieJourney to Freedom
1957
as Mary Raikin
MovieThe Garment Jungle
1957
as Receptionist (uncredited)
MovieThe Storm Rider
1957
as Mrs. Cooper
MovieFemale Jungle
1956
as Monica Madison
TVAnnie Oakley
1954
as Clara Bickel
TVAdventures of Superman
1952
as Woman
TVDragnet
1951
TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Wife
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Waitress
