Inga Swenson

Known for

Acting

Born

December 29, 1932

Birthplace

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died

July 23, 2023 (aged 90)

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 mother of Corinne Tate (Diana Canova), on the tv sitcom "Soap." Both series were created by Susan Harris...

Best known work

The Golden Girls

1985

The Miracle Worker

1962

North and South

1985

Advise & Consent

1962

Soap

1977

The Mountain Men

1980

Newhart

1982

Lipstick

1976

Benson

1979

The Betsy

1978

Filmography

2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Self (segment "Rose-Marie") (archive footage)
1989
Doctor DoctorTV
1987
Bay Coven
as Matty Kline
1987
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & MurderTV
as Marilyn (3 episodes)
1985
North and SouthTV
as Maude Hazard (11 episodes)
1985
The Golden GirlsTV
as Holly (1 episode)
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1982
NewhartTV
1980
The Mountain Men
as White Singer at the Mountain Men Gathering. (uncredited)
1979
BensonTV
as Gretchen Kraus (158 episodes)
1978
Vega$TV
1978
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
as Nora Bayes
1978
The Betsy
as Mrs. Craddock
1977
SoapTV
as Ingrid Svenson (7 episodes)
1977
ABC Weekend SpecialsTV
1977
Testimony of Two MenTV
as Amelia Foster (3 episodes)
1976
Lipstick
as Sister Monica
1973
GriffTV
as Katherine McAfee (1 episode)
1972
ABC Afterschool SpecialTV
as Mrs. Marston (1 episode)
1972
The RookiesTV
1971
Earth II
as Ilyana Kovalefskii
1967
Androcles and the Lion
as Lavinia
1966
CBS PlayhouseTV
as Kate (1 episode)
1962
The Merv Griffin ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
1962
Advise & Consent
as Ellen Anderson