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Alice Babs

Actor, Composer
Born January 26, 1924Died February 11, 2014 (90 years)
Hildur Alice Nilson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known internationally as a jazz singer, Babs also competed as Sweden's first annual competition entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. In 1972 she was named Sweden's Royal Court Singer, the first non-opera singer as such.

Known For

  • 'Swing it' magistern
  • Swing it, fröken
  • The Teachers on Summer Vacation
  • Vårat gäng
  • Resan till dej
  • Swinging at the Castle
  • I dur och skur
  • Musik ombord
  • Örnungar
  • En trallande jänta
  • Song of Stockholm
  • The Gay Party
  • Swedish Girl
  • Kungen av Dalarna

Alice Babs Filmography

1959
Swinging at the Castle · as Inga "trollet" Larsson
1958
Musik ombord · as Ulla Wickström
1956
Swing it, fröken · as Alice Lind
1956
Symphonie in Gold · as Singer
1955
1953
Resan till dej · as Gunborg Karlsson
1953
I dur och skur · as Greta Norman
1953
1952
1947
Song of Stockholm · as Britt Forsberg
1946
The Gay Party · as Guest House Guest, Jazz Singer
1944
Örnungar · as Marianne Hedvall
1942
En trallande jänta · as Inger Babs Jansson
1942
Vårat gäng · as Alice Bergendahl
1941
1940
'Swing it' magistern · as Inga Danell
1938

2016
2010
1997
Så ska det låta (TV Series) · as Self
1989
BingoLotto (TV Series) · as Self
1979
Allsang pa Skansen (TV Series) · as Self
1952
Drömsemester · as Alice Babs

1953
I dur och skur · as Composer

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