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Eve Brent
Brent in Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
Born
Jean Ann Ewers

(1929-09-11)September 11, 1929
Houston, Texas, U.S.
DiedAugust 27, 2011(2011-08-27) (aged 81)
Sun Valley, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1955–2011
Known forJane in Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
Notable workFade to Black (1980)
Spouses
  • Jack Baker Lewis
    (m. 1946; div. 19??)
  • Major Freeman
    (m. 19??; div. 1958)
  • Neil W. Kidwell
    (m. 1962; div. 19??)
Michael Ashe
​
​
(m. 1978; died 2008)​
Children2
AwardsSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actress (1980)

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.

Biography

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Early years

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Born Jean Ann Ewers in Houston, Texas, in 1929 and raised in Fort Worth, she appeared on radio and television (guest-starring roles and hundreds of commercials), in movies, and on the theater stage.[1]

Career

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Some of her early film work includes roles in Gun Girls (1956), Journey to Freedom (1957), and Forty Guns (1957).[1] She became the 12th actress to play Jane when she appeared opposite Gordon Scott's Tarzan in the film Tarzan's Fight for Life, (1958). She also played the role in Tarzan and the Trappers 1958, three episodes filmed as a pilot for a proposed Tarzan television series[1] and subsequently edited together into a feature film when the series wasn't picked up. She also appeared in the "Girl on the Road" episode of The Veil, a short 1958 Boris Karloff TV series that was never aired but was found in the 1990s and released on DVD. Karloff both hosted and starred in her episode, which was scripted and directed by George Waggner. In 1967, she appeared as Benjie Carver's mother in "The LSD Story" episode of the Dragnet television show.[2]

Recognition

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In 1980, she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Fade to Black. In 1998, she appeared as the grandmother of a family gathered around the dinner table in a Christmas television commercial for Publix Super Markets. Her best-known recent work in films was in The Green Mile, 1999.[1] She continued to work in episodic television and made a guest appearance in Frasier (season one, episode three as the hostess), 2006 on an episode of Scrubs, and 2010 on an episode of Community. She also appeared on Emergency! in 1974 as a lady whose daughter had her toe stuck in the bathtub.

Widowhood

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By her 40s, Brent had been married and divorced numerous times.[3] Michael Ashe, her last husband,[1] died on July 31, 2008.

Death

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Eve Brent died from natural causes on August 27, 2011; she was 81.[4]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Weaver, Tom (2002). Science Fiction Confidential: Interviews with 23 Monster Stars and Filmmakers. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 24–36. ISBN 0-7864-1175-9. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Hawkins, Kit (September 2, 2011). "Actress Eve Brent Dies". SFScope. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Pendreigh, Brian (September 8, 2011). "Obituary: Eve Brent, actress". The Scotsman. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Barnes, Mike (September 2, 2011). "Eve Brent, Prolific Character Actress, Dies at 82". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
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