Inga Swenson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 29, 1932, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Died
- July 23, 2023
- Movies
- 13
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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 mother of Corinne Tate (Diana Canova), on the tv sitcom "Soap." Both series were created by Susan Harris and produced by Witt-Thomas-Harris Productions (who later created "The Golden Girls" and "Empty Nest.") She also appeared as northern matriarch Maude Hazard in the acclaimed mini-series "North and South" in 1985 and again in 1986.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Self (segment "Rose-Marie") (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Bay Coven | Matty Kline |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men | White Singer at the Mountain Men Gathering. (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | Nora Bayes |
| 1978 | The Betsy | Mrs. Craddock |
| 1976 | Lipstick | Sister Monica |
| 1971 | Earth II | Ilyana Kovalefskii |
| 1967 | Androcles and the Lion | Lavinia |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Ellen Anderson |
| 1962 | The Miracle Worker | Kate Keller |
| 1961 | Victoria Regina | Lady Jane |
| 1958 | Heart of Darkness | Maria |
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