{"id":121036,"date":"2023-07-30T10:57:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T15:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=121036"},"modified":"2023-07-30T10:57:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T15:57:51","slug":"benson-actress-inga-swenson-dies-at-90-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=121036","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBenson\u201d Actress Inga Swenson Dies at 90- Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=121036\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=121036\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-121037 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/benson-star-dies-aged-90-001-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/benson-star-dies-aged-90-001-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/benson-star-dies-aged-90-001.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actress Inga Swenson, known for her roles on the TV series BENSON (1979-1986) and SOAP (1977-1981) passed away July 23, 2023, in Los Angeles, of natural causes. It was reported that Swenson had been in declining health for the past 6 months. She was 90.<\/p>\n<p>An actress of both stage and screen, Swenson performed on Broadway and was nominated twice for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances in 110 in the Shade and Baker Street.<\/p>\n<p>Swenson spent seven years portraying Gretchen Kraus on the long-running series BENSON. She also was known for playing the conniving revenge-seeking Ingrid Svenson in 8 episodes of the sitcom SOAP. She also played Kate Keller, mother to Helen Keller, in the OSCAR-winning film THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962).<\/p>\n<p>Her additional film and TV credits include THE DEFENDERS (1961-1965), BONANZA (1959-1973), GRIFF (1973-1974), BARNABY JONES (1973-1980), VEGAS (1978-1981), NORTH &amp; SOUTH: BOOK 1 (1985), NORTH &amp; SOUTH: BOOK 2 (1986), HOTEL (1983-1988), NEWHART (1982-1990), THE GOLDEN GIRLS (1985-1992) and LIFE WITH LOUIE (1994-1998).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Inga Swenson\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Actress Inga Swenson, known for her roles on the TV series BENSON (1979-1986) and SOAP (1977-1981) passed away July 23, 2023, in Los Angeles, of natural causes. It was reported that Swenson had been in declining health for the past 6 months. She was 90. An actress of both stage and screen, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[31193],"class_list":["post-121036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-benson-actress-inga-swenson-dies-at-90-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121036"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}