Inga Swenson
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday29 December 1932
Died23 July 2023 (age 90)
Place of birthOmaha, Nebraska, USA
Known credits30
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Inga Swenson (December 29, 1932 - July 23, 2023) was an American actress. Inga Swenson was a graduate of Central High School in Omaha, Nebraska, Class of 1950. Swenson was a member of Alpha Phi sorority at Northwestern University where she studied in their famed Drama Department. Swenson is best known to American audiences for her portrayal of Gretchen Kraus, the autocratic and acerbic German cook (later Head Housekeeper and Budget Director) on the TV sitcom "Benson." She got the part by appearing in a multi-episode stint as Ingrid Svenson, birth mothe…
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Self (segment "Rose-Marie") (archive footage)
Doctor Doctor
1989
Bay Coven
1987 · Matty Kline
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987 · Marilyn
North and South
1985 · Maude Hazard
The Golden Girls
1985 · Holly
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
Newhart
1982
The Mountain Men
1980 · White Singer at the Mountain Men Gathering. (uncredited)
Benson
1979 · Gretchen Kraus
Vega$
1978
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978 · Nora Bayes
The Betsy
1978 · Mrs. Craddock
Soap
1977
Soap
1977 · Ingrid Svenson
ABC Weekend Specials
1977
Testimony of Two Men
1977 · Amelia Foster
Lipstick
1976 · Sister Monica
Griff
1973 · Katherine McAfee
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Mrs. Marston
The Rookies
1972
Earth II
1971 · Ilyana Kovalefskii
Androcles and the Lion
1967 · Lavinia
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Kate
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Advise & Consent
1962 · Ellen Anderson
The Miracle Worker
1962 · Kate Keller
Victoria Regina
1961 · Lady Jane
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Paula Waller
Heart of Darkness
1958 · Maria
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Lady Jane
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