{"id":584762,"date":"2023-07-29T00:52:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T21:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/inga-swenson-dead-benson-actor-was-90\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T00:52:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T21:52:14","slug":"inga-swenson-dead-benson-actor-was-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inga-swenson-dead-benson-actor-was-90\/","title":{"rendered":"#Inga Swenson Dead: ‘Benson’ Actor Was 90"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Actor and singer Inga Swenson, who played Gretchen the cook on the popular \u201980s sitcom \u201cBenson,\u201d on Sunday in Los Angeles. Swenson died of natural causes, according to TMZ<\/a>. She was 90.<\/p>\n

\n She was known for starring as Gretchen Kraus in the ABC series<\/a> \u201cBenson,\u201d which aired for seven years from 1979 to 1986. The show follows Benson DuBois (Robert Guillaume) who is hired as head of household for a governor; Gretchen was the German cook with whom Benson had a workplace rivalry and friendship. For her role as Gretchen, Swenson was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress. \u201cBenson\u201d was a spin-off of the show \u201cSoap,\u201d in which Swenson also app<\/a>eared for multiple episodes as the character Ingrid Svenson.<\/p>\n

\n A trained lyric soprano, Swenson also had a successful career on Broadway, performing in lauded starring roles in the 1960s. She starred as Lizzy Curry in \u201c110 in the Shade\u201d and Irene Adler in \u201cBaker Street,\u201d and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for both performances. The former follows a woman living on a ranch in the Southwest and the latter is based on the stories of Sherlock Holmes. Other shows she performed in include \u201cCamelot,\u201d \u201cPeer Gynt\u201d and \u201cThe First Gentleman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Swenson also acted on the big screen, with film credits including \u201cAdvise and Consent\u201d (1962), \u201cThe Miracle Worker\u201d (1962), \u201cLipstick\u201d (1976) and \u201cThe Betsy\u201d (1978).<\/p>\n

\n Swenson was born on December 29, 1932 in Omaha, Neb. She later studied drama at Northwestern University. She married sound engineer Lowell Harris in 1953 and the couple had two sons.<\/p>\n

\n Swenson is survived by her husband and her son Mark Harris, a film editor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n