# Eve Brenner

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

## 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 (1985–1989), Murder She Wrote (1984–1996), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987), The X-Files (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).

## Filmography

Films :
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
| 2019 | South of Heaven: Episode 1- Little Sister | Mabel | Supporting |
| 2018 | I'll Be Next Door for Christmas | 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 | 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 | Enid | Supporting |
| 2015 | Modern Family | Ander's Mother | |
| 2014 | The McCarthys | Great Aunt Lucy | |
| 2012 | The League | Wanda | |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Biltmore Nicki | |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | 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) |