Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
December 29, 1932
Died
July 23, 2023
Age
90
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Popularity
0.9
Inga Swenson
Acting
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…
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Filmography
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie · Self (segment "Rose-Marie") (archive footage)
7.2
1989
Doctor Doctor
TV
7.7
1987
Bay Coven
Movie · Matty Kline
4.3
1987
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
TV · Marilyn
7.7
1985
North and South
TV · Maude Hazard
7.5
1985
The Golden Girls
TV · Holly
7.6
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · Self
6.8
1982
Newhart
TV
7.2
1980
The Mountain Men
Movie · White Singer at the Mountain Men Gathering. (uncredited)
5.8
1979
Benson
TV · Gretchen Kraus
7.1
1978
Vega$
TV
6.9
1978
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Movie · Nora Bayes
7.0
1978
The Betsy
Movie · Mrs. Craddock
4.8
1977
Soap
TV
7.3
1977
Soap
TV · Ingrid Svenson
7.3
1977
Weekend Special
TV
7.5
1977
Testimony of Two Men
TV · Amelia Foster
6.0
1976
Lipstick
Movie · Sister Monica
5.4
1973
Griff
TV · Katherine McAfee
6.5
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · Mrs. Marston
6.5
1972
The Rookies
TV
6.9
1971
Earth II
Movie · Ilyana Kovalefskii
5.6
1967
Androcles and the Lion
Movie · Lavinia
9.0
1966
CBS Playhouse
TV · Kate
7.0