Alice Babs

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Alice Babs

Acting January 26, 1924

Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden

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, Eliza…

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Så ska det låta

Så ska det låta

6.3 1997 TV Show
Our Gang

Our Gang

7.0 1942 Movie
Drömsemester

Drömsemester

7.0 1952 Movie
'Swing It' Teacher

'Swing It' Teacher

5.9 1940 Movie
Young Eagles

Young Eagles

8.0 1944 Movie
Swinging at the Castle

Swinging at the Castle

7.0 1959 Movie
Swing it, fröken

Swing it, fröken

6.7 1956 Movie
I dur och skur

I dur och skur

5.2 1953 Movie
Alice Babs - Swing It!

Alice Babs - Swing It!

2007 Movie
Magistrarna på sommarlov

Magistrarna på sommarlov

6.0 1941 Movie
Song of Stockholm

Song of Stockholm

5.0 1947 Movie
När molnen skingras

När molnen skingras

2016 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2016
    När molnen skingras

    Movie Self

  2. 2007
    Alice Babs - Swing It!

    Movie Herself

  3. 2004
    Swing it Alice!

    Movie Self

  4. 1997
    Charlie Norman - 60 år som artist

    Movie Self

  5. 1997
    Så ska det låta

    TV show Self

  6. 1995
    Stjärnbilder

    Movie (archive footage)

  7. 1993
    Minns ni?

    Movie (archive footage)

  8. 1968
    Det hopfällbara slottet

    Movie Mother

  9. 1959
    Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel

    Movie herself

  10. 1959
    Swinging at the Castle

    Movie Inga "Trollet" Larsson

  11. 1958
    Musik ombord

    Movie Ulla Wickström

  12. 1956
    Swing it, fröken

    Movie Alice Lind

  13. 1956
    Symphonie in Gold

    Movie Singer

  14. 1955
    Swedish Girl

    Movie

  15. 1954
    Bitte recht freundlich

    TV show Self

  16. 1953
    Resan till dej

    Movie Gunborg Karlsson

More credits
  1. 1953
    I dur och skur

    Movie Greta Norman

  2. 1953
    Kungen av Dalarna

    Movie

  3. 1952
    H.C. Andersens sagor

    Movie

  4. 1952
    Drömsemester

    Movie Alice Babs

  5. 1950
    Terras fönster 4

    Movie

  6. 1947
    Song of Stockholm

    Movie Britt Forsberg

  7. 1946
    Det glada kalaset

    Movie Guest house guest, jazz singer

  8. 1945
    Skådetennis

    Movie Herself

  9. 1944
    Young Eagles

    Movie Marianne Hedvall

  10. 1942
    A Singing Girl

    Movie Inger Babs Jansson

  11. 1942
    Our Gang

    Movie Alice Bergendahl

  12. 1941
    Magistrarna på sommarlov

    Movie Inga Danell

  13. 1940
    'Swing It' Teacher

    Movie Inga Danell

  14. 1938
    Thunder and Lightning

    Movie