Alice Babs

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.

Known For

'Swing It' Teacher

Year

1940

Type

Movie

Så ska det låta

Year

1997

Type

TV Show

I dur och skur

Year

1953

Type

Movie

Swing it, fröken

Year

1956

Type

Movie

Swinging at the Castle

Year

1959

Type

Movie

Magistrarna på sommarlov

Year

1941

Type

Movie

Musik ombord

Year

1958

Type

Movie

Our Gang

Year

1942

Type

Movie

Resan till dej

Year

1953

Type

Movie

Song of Stockholm

Year

1947

Type

Movie

A Singing Girl

Year

1942

Type

Movie

Det hopfällbara slottet

Year

1968

Type

Movie

Symphonie in Gold

Year

1956

Type

Movie

Swing it Alice!

Year

2004

Type

Movie

Minns ni?

Year

1993

Type

Movie

Stjärnbilder

Year

1995

Type

Movie

Kungen av Dalarna

Year

1953

Type

Movie

Thunder and Lightning

Year

1938

Type

Movie

Swedish Girl

Year

1955

Type

Movie

H.C. Andersens sagor

Year

1952

Type

Movie

När molnen skingras

Year

2016

Type

Movie

Drömsemester

Year

1952

Type

Movie

Young Eagles

Year

1944

Type

Movie

Det glada kalaset

Year

1946

Type

Movie

Alice Babs - Swing It!

Year

2007

Type

Movie

Skådetennis

Year

1945

Type

Movie