Eve Brent
Born September 11, 1929 (Age: 96)
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Houston, Texas, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
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as Old Woman (uncredited)
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Age: 79
No Image
Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
2006
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as Self
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Age: 77
Garfield
2004
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as Mrs. Baker
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Age: 74
Between Christmas and New Year's
2000
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as May
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Age: 70
The Green Mile
1999
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as Elaine Connelly
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Age: 70
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998
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as Self
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Age: 69
Saved By The Bell: Hawaiian Style
1992
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as Mrs. Finley
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Age: 63
The Experts
1989
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as Aunt Thelma
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Age: 59
Deathrow Gameshow
1987
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as Crossing Guard
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Age: 58
Racing with the Moon
1984
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as Mrs. Kaiser
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Age: 54
Fade to Black
1980
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as Aunt Stella Binford
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Age: 51
S.L.I.P.
1970
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as
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Age: 41
Airport
1970
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as Mrs. David Corman (uncredited)
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Age: 40
The Happy Ending
1969
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as Ethel
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Age: 40
Coogan's Bluff
1968
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as Hooker (uncredited)
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Age: 39
Stakeout!
1962
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as Susie
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Age: 33
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958
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as Jane
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Age: 28
No Image
Destination Nightmare
1958
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as Lila Kirby
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Age: 28
The Bride and the Beast
1958
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as Stewardess (as Jean Ann Lewis)
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Age: 28
Tarzan and the Trappers
1958
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as Jane
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Age: 28
Female Jungle
1956
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as Monica Madison
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Age: 26