Born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Fort Worth, 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 film (Gun Girls (1957), Journey to Freedom (1957), The Bride and the Beast (1958)) and episodic TV ...
August 27, 2011, Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Profession
Actress
Spouse
Michael Ashe (m. 1978–2008)
Children
James Marshall Lewis
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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I really couldn't get work as an actress because of Jane. You get stereotyped, at least in the business at that time. [But] the memory of being Jane, and the fact of being Jane, has allowed me to be a part of motion picture history, and a part of all the lives of all the people who have enjoyed Tarzan. I am so grateful for that.
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Fact
1
Eve said she took the role of Jane because her son James, then 6, loved Tarzan movies, but it proved to be a very costly career move.
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One son, James Marshall Lewis, born to her on November 12, 1951 in Bell County, Texas from husband Jack Baker Lewis.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ticket Out
2012
Emma
Hit List
2011
Mrs. Sheehan
Community
2010
TV Series
Glenda
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
Old Woman (uncredited)
Water and Power
2008
TV Series short
Mrs. Rose
Palo Alto, CA
2007
Grandma
Scrubs
2006
TV Series
Mrs. Harris
Garfield
2004
Mrs. Baker
JAG
2002
TV Series
Neighbor
Roswell
2001-2002
TV Series
Bess Covendall
Between Christmas and New Year's
2000
May
Diablo II
2000
Video Game
Akara (voice)
Get Real
2000
TV Series
Edna
The Green Mile
1999
Elaine Connelly
Night Stand
1995
TV Series
Rose
Grace Under Fire
1994
TV Series
Older woman
Weird Science
1994
TV Series
Mrs. Burnbaum
Ellen
1994
TV Series
Lovely Old Woman
Frasier
1993
TV Series
Hostess
Bodies of Evidence
1993
TV Series
Iris
Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style
1992
TV Movie
Mrs. Finley
Homefront
1992
TV Series
Third Mourner
Who's the Boss?
1991
TV Series
Ms. Clover
Twin Peaks
1990
TV Series
Theodora Ridgely
Down Home
1990
TV Series
Tales from the Crypt
1989
TV Series
Judge #1
Highway to Heaven
1985-1989
TV Series
Marjorie Anderson / Waitress in Sally's / Landlady
The Experts
1989
Aunt Thelma
Thirtysomething
1988
TV Series
June
Date with an Angel
1987
Matron #1
Santa Barbara
1985
TV Series
Mrs. Carmody
Paper Dolls
1984
TV Series
Janet
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
TV Series
Parrish Housekeeper
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1984
TV Series
Countess Rominskaya
Racing with the Moon
1984
Mrs. Kaiser
Going Berserk
1983
Mrs. Reese (as Eve Brent Ashe)
BrainWaves
1982
Mrs. Simpson (as Eve Brent Ashe)
Knots Landing
1981
TV Series
Rose Kaplan
Best of the West
1981
TV Series
Lilly Devereaux
Little House on the Prairie
1974-1980
TV Series
Olga Tuttle / Elna Jacobsen
Fade to Black
1980
Aunt Stella Binford (as Eve Brent Ashe)
The White Buffalo
1977
Frieda
Timber Tramps
1975
Corey Sykes
Ironside
1974
TV Series
Mrs. Creighton
Adam-12
1968-1974
TV Series
Mrs. Wheatley / Helen Spencer / Ginger / ...
Emergency!
1974
TV Series
Alice
How to Seduce a Woman
1974
Dr. Sister's Sister
How's Your Love Life?
1971
Mrs. Ryan
The Todd Killings
1971
The Barefoot Executive
1971
Mrs. Crampton
Triangle
1970
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1970
TV Series
2nd Nurse / 1st Nurse
Airport
1970
Mrs. David Corman - Passenger (uncredited)
The Happy Ending
1969
Ethel
Dragnet 1967
1967-1969
TV Series
Mrs. Cook / Sgt. Connie Speck / Mrs. Fuller / ...
The Red Skelton Hour
1961-1968
TV Series
Wife / Silent Spot / Zsa Zsa Dalton
Coogan's Bluff
1968
Hooker (uncredited)
Family Affair
1968
TV Series
Lana's Mother
The Big Valley
1967
TV Series
Aimee Carter
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
Joe X's Blowsy Blonde
Mara of the Wilderness
1965
Mrs. Wade
Burke's Law
1964
TV Series
Room Service Waitress
The Defenders
1962
TV Series
Violet
Stakeout!
1962
Susie
Checkmate
1962
TV Series
Barbara Walters
Hawaiian Eye
1961
TV Series
Nora Price
Shannon
1961
TV Series
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1961
TV Series
Cage of Evil
1960
Officer Lucille Barron (uncredited)
Bat Masterson
1959
TV Series
Lorna Adams
Goodyear Theatre
1959
TV Series
Pat Obenauf
26 Men
1957-1959
TV Series
Kate Sullivan / Nanette / Keely Smith
The Sad Horse
1959
Sheila
Tarzan and the Trappers
1958
TV Movie
Jane
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958
Jane
The Millionaire
1958
TV Series
Nancy Arnold
The Bride and the Beast
1958
Stewardess (as Jean Ann Lewis)
The Veil
1958
TV Mini-Series
Lila Kirby
Gun Girls
1957
Joy Jenkins (as Jean Ann Lewis)
Sugarfoot
1957
TV Series
Mercy Preston
Dragnet
1957
TV Series
Marlee Tomlen
Harbor Command
1957
TV Series
Lana
Forty Guns
1957
Louvenia Spanger
Journey to Freedom
1957
Mary Raikin (as Jean Ann Lewis)
Highway Patrol
1957
TV Series
Shirley Conway
The Garment Jungle
1957
Receptionist (uncredited)
The Storm Rider
1957
Mrs. Cooper (uncredited)
Dr. Christian
1957
TV Series
Margie Parsons
West Point
1956
TV Series
Adventures of Superman
1956
TV Series
Woman
Female Jungle
1956
Monica Madison (as Jean Lewis)
Judge Roy Bean
1956
TV Series
Letty Bean
Lux Video Theatre
1955
TV Series
Waitress
Annie Oakley
1955
TV Series
Clara Bickel
Death Valley Days
1955
TV Series
June, sheriff's daughter
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Green Mile: Walking the Mile
2014
Video documentary in memory of
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
2006
Video documentary short
Herself
Walking the Mile
2000
Video documentary short
Herself (uncredited)
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Biography
1996
TV Series documentary
Herself
Saturn Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Supporting Actress
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Little House Years
1979
TV Movie
Elna Jacobsen
Emergency!
1978
TV Series
Mother
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1973
TV Series
Mrs. Crampton
Destination Nightmare
1958
TV Movie
Lila Kirby
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1981
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA