#Inga Swenson

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Remembering Inga Swenson on her birthday #botd

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Inga Swenson (Omaha, Nebraska, 29/12/1932-Los Angeles, California, 23/07/2023)-

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Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 1

Dolores Gray: Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun (1947 West End); Cornelia in Carnival in Flanders (1954 Broadway); Frenchy in Destry Rides Again (1959 Broadway)

Inga Swenson: Ophelia in Hamlet (1958 American Shakespeare Festival); Lizzie Currie in 110 in the Shade (1963 Broadway); Irene Adler in Baker Street (1965 Broadway)

Propaganda under the cut

Dolores Gray:

Holds the record for briefest run in a performance which still won a Tony (Carnival in Flanders)

Inga Swenson:

bombastic side eye

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R.I.P. Inga Swenson

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Rest in Peace, Inga Swenson

December 29, 1932- July 23, 2023

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Inga Swenson (December 29, 1932 – July 23, 2023) Stage, film and television actress and singer. She appeared in multiple Broadway productions and was nominated twice for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances as Lizzie Curry in 110 in the Shade and Irene Adler in Baker Street. She also spent seven years portraying Gretchen Kraus in the ABC comedy series Benson.

Swenson appeared in two episodes of Bonanza: "Inger, My Love" (1962) and "Journey Remembered" (1963) as Hoss' mother. She portrayed Gretchen Kraus, the autocratic and acerbic German cook (later head housekeeper and budget director) in the TV sitcom Benson. Her portrayal garnered three Emmy nominations. She was cast after appearing in a multi-episode stint as the conniving revenge-seeking Ingrid Svenson, the Swedish birth mother of Corinne Tate (Diana Canova), on the TV sitcom Soap. (Benson was a spinoff of Soap and shared the same producers.) She also appeared as northern matriarch Maude Hazard in the mini-series North and South in 1985 and again in 1986.

She appeared in many other series beginning in 1957.

IMDb listing

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Advise & Consent (1962) Otto Preminger

June 3rd 2023

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Inga Swenson

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Actress Inga Swenson in 1967 with Ivor Emmanuel, left, and Stephen Douglass, her castmates in the 1967 London production of “110 in the Shade.” She was nominated for a Tony for her performance in the show on Broadway.Credit...Getty Images

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Victor Jory-Patty Duke-Inga Swenson "El milagro de Ana Sullivan" (The miracle worker) 1962, de Arthur Penn.

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Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 2

Inga Swenson: Ophelia in Hamlet (1958 American Shakespeare Festival); Lizzie Currie in 110 in the Shade (1963 Broadway); Irene Adler in Baker Street (1965 Broadway)

Yma Sumac: Princess Najla in Flahooley (1951 Broadway)

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Inga Swenson:

bombastic side eye

Yma Sumac:

She is genuinely the hottest woman on the planet. I can’t stop looking at her. I can’t even think of words that can capture how hot she is. What’s that one Jane Austen quote? If I loved you less I might be able to talk about it more. Yeah

People should know what Yma Sumac could do with her voice:

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Remembering Inga Swenson 1932-2023

Actress Inga Swneson has died at 90. In addition to Broadway, she was great as Gretchen the cook on TV's Benson (ABC-TV 1979-1986).

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

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Here's a poll for a character who gets some of the most varied and perhaps divisive adaptations across Sherlock media, despite only appearing in the original canon stories once, in A Scandal in Bohemia. Whether she's someone who's gained his respect, an ex, an enemy or a friend, portrayals of Irene Adler have run the gamut and The Woman continues to capture the imagination of folks producing Sherlock adaptations any time she appears.

Please reblog for a larger sample size! :) I'm curious especially if there's been any book adaptations that have been well done.