Eve Brenner

This article is about the actress. For the opera singer, see Ève Brenner.

Eve Brenner (born Evelyn Halpern; September 24, 1925) is an American actress. She appeared in various films and television shows such as Baskets,^[1] The Sarah Silverman Program, Dragnet, Touched by an Angel,^[2] The X-Files, The Twilight Zone and The Bold and the Beautiful.^[3]

Eve Brenner
Born	Evelyn Halpern (1925-09-24) September 24, 1925 (age 99) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1953–2019
Television	Baskets (2016–2019) Dragnet (2003–2004) Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Career

Brenner started her career as "Betty" (under her real name, "Evelyn Halpern") in a 1953 episode ("A Ghost for Scotland Yard") of Adventures of Superman. Her next role was not until 1965 in the film Rat Fink. Years later, she appeared in other television series and films as well as The Twilight Zone^[4] (1985–1989), Murder She Wrote (1984–1996), The Bold and the Beautiful^[5] (1987), The X-Files^[6] (1993–2018), Touched by an Angel (1994–2003), The McCarthys (2014–2015) and Baskets (2016–2019). She voiced The Mouse Queen in Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective (1986).^[7]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Note
2019	South of Heaven: Episode 1- Little Sister	Mabel	Supporting
2018	I'll Be Next Door for Christmas[8]	Gramma	Supporting
2014	Walk of Shame	Old Lady
2012	Stand Up Guys	Anita	Supporting
2009	Play the Game	Maxine Polacheck	Supporting
2002	Today I Vote for My Joey	Sadie	Supporting
2002	Monkey Love	Uncle Vid
2001	Thank Heaven	Old Lady
2001	See Jane Run	Starlet
2000	Finding Kelly	Dorothy Hollings
1997	On the Line	Homeless Woman
1997	The Second Civil War	Elderly Militia Woman
1996	The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best	Corky
1995	Murder in the First	Withrop's Secretary
1991	Strays	Old Woman
1986	The Great Mouse Detective[9]	The Mouse Queen	Voice
1986	Torment	Mrs. Courtland
1977	March or Die	Singing Girl
1965	Rat Fink	Mrs. Dunkirk

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2019	Magnum P.I.	Helen
2016–2019	Baskets	Martha's Mom / Mrs. Brooks	Supporting
2019	The Rookie	Ruth	Supporting
2017	The Middle	Mrs. Perkins
2016	Grey's Anatomy[citation needed]	Enid	Supporting
2015	Modern Family[citation needed]	Ander's Mother
2014	The McCarthys	Great Aunt Lucy
2012	The League	Wanda
2010	The Mentalist	Biltmore Nicki[10]
2010	Rizzoli & Isles[citation needed]	Mrs. Jones
2010	I'm in the Band	Grandma Nana	Supporting
2007	The Sarah Silverman Program	Mrs. Ramstack	Supporting
2006	The Unit	Rose	Uncredited
2006	Cold Case	Johanna Hoffman
2005	Twins	Ruth
2004	Dragnet	Mrs. Kutler	Supporting
2004	Dead Like Me	Rosie
2004	Blue Collar TV
2003	According to Jim	Old Lady Meier
2003	Luis	Mrs. Gallagher
2003	ER	Wilma
2001	The Practice	Sybil Waters
2001	Touched by an Angel	Florence Gibbons	Supporting
2000	The X-Files	Mrs. McKesson	Supporting
2000	Just Shoot Me!	Lillian	Supporting
2000	Ann Day Now	Norma Jean Rayfield
2000	Good vs. Evil	Elderly Neighbor
2000	Ally McBeal	Old Ally
1999	Popular	Nana Julian
1999	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Grethchen Dunworth
1999	Silk Stalkings	Florence
1996-1998	Chicago Hope	Mrs. Gallagher / Patient
1998	Seinfield	Lady in Restaurant	Uncredited
1998	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Edith Waterson	Supporting
1997	The Visitor	Hospital Administrator
1997	Early Edition	Eve
1997	Spy Game	Lab Woman
1996	Profilier	Julie Rafer
1996	Star Trek: Voyager	Jora Mirell
1995	Sisters	Aunt Gigi	Supporting
1995	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Sam Lindsay	Supporting
1994	Baywatch	Diana Sutherland
1994	Murphy Brown	Norwegian Woman
1993	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Irma Claybourne
1992	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Inad
1991	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Housewife
1991	The Bold and the Beautiful	Mary / Homeless Woman	Supporting
1991	The New Adam-12	Gloria
1989–1992	McGee and Me!	Grandma Martin	Supporting
1990	Quantum Leap	Madeline
1989	Murder, She Wrote	Irina	Supporting
1988	Hunter	Lady
1985–1989	The Twilight Zone	Old Woman / Neighbor 1
1987	Me & Mrs. C.	Angela
1987	Highway to Heaven	Etta
1985	Hollywood Beat	Elderly Lady
1985	George Burns Comedy Week
1952–1958	Adventures of Superman	Betty	One episode (1953)

References

1. "Stock Photo - BASKETS, l-r: Roger V. Burton, Louie Anderson, Eve Brenner in 'Basque-ets' (Season 3, Episode 9, aired March 20, 2018). ph: Colleen Hayes/© FX/courtesy Everett Collection". Alamy. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
2. "Touched by an Angel". Martha Williamson. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
3. "The Oldest Profession, a CurtainUp Los Angeles play review". curtainup.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
4. Lofficier, Jean-Marc (2003-04-15). Into the Twilight Zone: The Rod Serling Programme Guide. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4620-9900-9.
5. Fix, Christine (2016-01-16). "Eve Brenner to Days of our Lives". Soaps.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
6. "Eve Brenner filmografi". Beyazperde (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-20.
7. Hischak, Thomas S. (2011-10-06). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8694-6.
8. "Stream It Or Skip It: 'I'll Be Next Door For Christmas' On VOD, About A Girl Who's Embarrassed By Her Family's Christmas Obsession". decider.com.
9. Rowan, Terry (2016). Character-Based Film Series Part 2. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-365-02130-5.
10. "Biltmore Nicki - The Mentalist". TVmaze.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

External links

• Eve Brenner at IMDb