Alice Babs
Born
26 January 1924 (102)
Place of Birth
Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden
Also known as
Alice Sjöblom, Hildur Alice Nilson
Biography
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 (27)
När molnen skingras
2016
Alice Babs - Swing It!
2007
Swing it Alice!
2004
Stjärnbilder
1995
Minns ni?
1993
Det hopfällbara slottet
1968
Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel
1959
Swinging at the Castle
1959
Musik ombord
1958
Swing it, fröken
1956
Symphonie in Gold
1956
Swedish Girl
1955
Resan till dej
1953
I dur och skur
1953
Kungen av Dalarna
1953
H.C. Andersens sagor
1952
Drömsemester
1952
Terras fönster 4
1950
Song of Stockholm
1947
Det glada kalaset
1946
Skådetennis
1945
Young Eagles
1944
A Singing Girl
1942
Our Gang
1942
Magistrarna på sommarlov
1941
'Swing It' Teacher
1940
Thunder and Lightning
1938