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Inga Swenson
Acting
Biography
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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 mothe…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Self (segment "Rose-Marie") (archive footage)
Bay Coven
as Matty Kline
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
The Mountain Men
as White Singer at the Mountain Men Gathering. (uncredited)
The Betsy
as Mrs. Craddock
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
as Nora Bayes
Lipstick
as Sister Monica
Earth II
as Ilyana Kovalefskii
Androcles and the Lion
as Lavinia
The Miracle Worker
as Kate Keller
TV Shows
Doctor Doctor
40 ep.
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
as Marilyn · 3 ep.
The Golden Girls
as Holly · 1 ep.
North and South
as Maude Hazard · 11 ep.
Newhart
1 ep.
Benson
as Gretchen Kraus · 158 ep.
Vega$
1 ep.
Soap
as Ingrid Svenson · 7 ep.
Weekend Special
1 ep.
Testimony of Two Men
as Amelia Foster · 3 ep.