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 Alice!
Swing it Alice!
Minns ni?
Minns ni?
Musik ombord
Musik ombord
Swing it, fröken
Swing it, fröken
Swinging at the Castle
Swinging at the Castle
I dur och skur
I dur och skur
Our Gang
Our Gang
Resan till dej
Resan till dej
Magistrarna på sommarlov
Magistrarna på sommarlov

Filmography

2016 När molnen skingras
as Self
2007 Alice Babs - Swing It!
as Herself
2004 Swing it Alice!
as Self
1997 Så ska det låta
as Self
1995 Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
1993 Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
1968 Det hopfällbara slottet
as Mother
1959 Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel
as herself
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 Swedish Girl
as
1954 Bitte recht freundlich
as Self
1953 Resan till dej
as Gunborg Karlsson
1953 I dur och skur
as Greta Norman
1953 Kungen av Dalarna
as
1952 H.C. Andersens sagor
as
1952 Drömsemester
as Alice Babs
1950 Terras fönster 4
as