Eve Brent (1929 – August 27, 2011) (often billed in acting roles as: Jean Lewis) was a Saturn Award-winning American actress.
Born as Jean Ann Ewers in Houston, Texas, 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.
Some of her early film work includes roles in Gun Girls, 1956, Journey to Freedom, 1957 and Forty Guns, 1957.
She became the twelfth 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.
In 1980 she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Fade to Black. Her best-known recent work in films was in The Green Mile.
On the smallscreen, Brent regularly guested on shows ranging from "thirtysomething" to "Twin Peaks," appearing most recently in a 2006 episode of "Scrubs" and in an episode of "Community."
She is survived by her son.
(Sources: Variety, Wiki, IMDb, Matt Orsman)
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