Alice Babs

Born: 1924-01-26

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.


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Minns ni?

as uncredited
Released: 1993-10-24

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about...

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Young Eagles

as Marianne Hedvall
Released: 1944-10-09

The spoiled Marianne has switched cocktail parties to flight lessons.

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Our Gang

as Alice Bergendahl
Released: 1942-02-02

A gang of friends lose their club house and collect money for a new one by singing in public.

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Swedish Girl

as uncredited
Released: 1955-09-28

Britta is the foster daughter of Professor Rydberg. The last 13 years she has lived with him and...

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Stjärnbilder

as Self
Released: 1995-09-10

A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and...

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Swinging at the Castle

as Inga "Trollet" Larsson
Released: 1959-03-08

Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family.

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Musik ombord

as Ulla Wickström
Released: 1958-10-23

Ulla Winther has retired from her singing career to a marriage with two children. But her agent...

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Swing it, fröken

as Alice Lind
Released: 1956-10-20

There is a new English teacher in school, Miss Lind. She moves in with the Nilssons, whose son...

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Symphonie in Gold

as Singer
Released: 1956-03-02

Revue film on ice.

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A Singing Girl

as Inger Babs Jansson
Released: 1942-03-09

A girl (Alice Babs) from the country moves to Stockholm to become a singer.

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Resan till dej

as Gunborg Karlsson
Released: 1953-12-19

The marriage of the newlyweds Gun and Emil is strained when Gun sings in a radio show and makes...

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Drömsemester

as Alice Babs
Released: 1952-10-03

The Danish school teacher Mogens Jensen is on his holiday through Sweden in a rickety T-Ford.

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Skådetennis

as Herself
Released: 1945-01-22

Tennis competitions between Swedish actors at Saltsjöbaden.

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Song of Stockholm

as Britt Forsberg
Released: 1947-02-22

Knatten and Janne, just released from the prison of Långholmen, meet a romantic Stockholm in the...

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'Swing It' Teacher

as Inga Danell
Released: 1940-12-21

Old fashioned teachers are taught swing dancing by a student.

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Det glada kalaset

as Guest house guest, jazz singer
Released: 1946-09-03

Bojan runs a guest house, with economical problems. She decides, therefore, to arrange a big...

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Magistrarna på sommarlov

as Inga Danell
Released: 1941-11-22

Inga Danell's summer vacation is near. But unfortunately both Inga and her brother Acke have bad...

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Det hopfällbara slottet

as Mother
Released: 1968-04-13

"The Folding Castle" - a musical drama - Built in blue, lasts longer than you think, can...

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I dur och skur

as Greta Norman
Released: 1953-05-22

"In rain and shine" - Sid och Filibert are identical twins. Sid is a theater manager and...

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Thunder and Lightning

as uncredited
Released: 1938-03-21

The aristocratic count Hägerskiöld is very proud of his swine Helen of Troy who wins a prize...

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H.C. Andersens sagor

as uncredited
Released: 1952-12-13

It's evening and mother Alice read bedtime stories for her three children.

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När molnen skingras

as Self
Released: 2016-02-08

The story of the popular Swedish singer Ulla Billquist. The WW2's most famous voice in Sweden....

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Alice Babs - Swing It!

as Herself
Released: 2007-01-01

This documentary film features plenty of archival material, also showing Alice Babs from her...

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Kungen av Dalarna

as uncredited
Released: 1953-05-20

Malm is the editor at a Stockholm newspaper who gets the assignment to cover the big ski race...

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Swing it Alice!

as Self
Released: 2004-01-22

Documentary on the Swedish jazz singer Alice Babs where interviews with her are interspersed...

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Så ska det låta

as Self
First aired: 1997-01-17

Så ska det låta is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish The Lyrics Board. The show was...

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