Inga Swenson

Inga Swenson graduated from Omaha Central High School in Omaha, Nebraska in 1950. She studied drama at Northwestern University under Alvina Krause, among others, and was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. Early in her career Swenson had supporting roles in the films Advise and Consent and The Miracle Worker in which she played Helen Kellers mother. Swenson is a trained lyric soprano and starred on Broadway in New Faces , and The First Gentleman , receiving Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances in 110 in the Shade and Baker Street .

Though her Swedishsounding name and accent on Benson suggest otherwise, she was born and raised in the U.S., and normally speaks with an American accent.

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