Editing Inga Swenson (section)

==Early years==
Inga Swenson was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], on December 29, 1932,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Inga Swenson, 90, Whose Talents Drew Raves on Broadway and Roars on 'Benson'|author=Genzlinger, Neil|date=August 21, 2023|work=The New York Times|page=B5|quote=Inga Swenson, whose acting talent, striking looks and versatile singing voice brought her success on the Broadway stage in the 1950s and '60s, and who years later rode a phony German accent to sitcom stardom as the cook on the long-running sitcom "Benson," died on July 23 at a care facility in Los Angeles. She was 90. [...] Inga Swenson was born on Dec. 29, 1932, in Omaha to A.C.R. and Geneva Swenson.|id={{ProQuest|2853736239}}}} See also:
* {{Cite news|title=Today's Birthdays|author=|date=December 29, 2022|work=The Tennessean|page=2A|quote=Inga Swenson ('Benson') is 90. Jon Voight is 84. Ted Danson is 75.|id={{ProQuest|2759168576}}}}
* {{Cite news|title=Today in History: Today's Birthdays|author=|date=December 29, 1988|work=Asbury Park Press|page=19|quote=Actress Viveca Lindfors is 68. Actress Inga Swenson is 56. [...] Actor Jon Voight is 50.|id={{ProQuest|2012037623}}}}</ref>{{Efn|name = dob|Multiple sources report that Swenson was born on December 29, 1932.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/inga-swenson-61581|title = Inga Swenson|work = [[Internet Broadway Database]]|accessdate = September 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/187696%7C72707/inga-swenson#overview|title = Inga Swenson|website = [[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date = September 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/inga_swenson|title = Inga Swenson|website = [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher = [[Fandango Media]]|accessdate = September 22, 2022}}</ref> However, at least one other source says that she was born on December 19, 1934, although it acknowledges that other sources say that she was born in 1932.<ref name=Contemp>{{cite book |chapter=Inga Swenson |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |volume=7 |location=Detroit |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] |year=1989 |access-date=May 28, 2022 |page=393 |editor1-first=Linda S. |editor1-last=Hubbard |editor2-first=Owen |editor2-last=O'Donnell |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/contemporarythea0000unse_x8f7/page/392/mode/2up?q=swenson |chapter-url-access=registration}}</ref>}} the youngest of three children of Geneva Pauline ({{nee}} Seeger) and Axel Carl Richard "A.C.R." Swenson.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/433300052/?clipping_id=130645549 "The Star Performers of 'New Faces' Represent Seven Different Countries"]. ''The Boston Globe''. p.&nbsp;72. Retrieved August 25, 2023.  See also:
* "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWN-R1M : 17 October 2017), Axel Carl Richard Swenson and Geneva Pauline Seeger Or Seager, 28 Dec 1918, Mills, Iowa, United States; citing reference, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,491,831.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/895333826/?clipping_id=130649424 "Deaths and Funerals"]. ''Omaha World-Herald''. p.&nbsp;12. "SWENSON—Dr. Edward W age 80, Benecia, CA, was born in Omaha, October 26. [...] Preceded in death by parents, Axel and Geveva Swenson, of Omaha and brother, J. Richard Swenson, also of Omaha. Survived by sister, Inga Swenson Harris, and husband Lowell of Los Angeles, CA, and by children..."
*</ref> Her father died in a car accident when she was 15.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2023-07-28 |title=Inga Swenson, Actress on Broadway and Gretchen the Cook on ‘Benson,’ Dies at 90 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/inga-swenson-dead-benson-1235547250/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

Swenson graduated from [[Omaha Central High School]] in 1950.<ref>[https://chsfomaha.org/halloffame/inga-swenson-harris/ Profile: OCHS], chsfomaha.org. Accessed December 29, 2022.</ref> While attending OCHS, as a junior, Swenson won the state title in the [[National Forensic League]]'s speech contest and later, she won the NFL's national contest. As a high school senior she was considered the school's best vocalist and she was also the president of the Central High Players. She studied drama at [[Northwestern University]] under [[Alvina Krause]], among others.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 15, 2004 |title=Ms. Alvina Krause |first=James |last=Goode |access-date=December 2, 2013 |url=http://library.bloomu.edu/Archives/SC/BTE/alvinakrause.htm |publisher=[[Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania]]}} Please see also {{URL|http://www.bte.org/alvina-krause/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Northwestern (magazine) |access-date=December 2, 2013 |title=New Theater Honors Alvina Krause |date=Spring 2010 |url=http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/spring2010/campuslife/krausestudio.html}}</ref>