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

Så ska det låta

Self

A Singing Girl

Inger Babs Jansson

Det glada kalaset

Guest house guest, jazz singer

Thunder and Lightning

Young Eagles

Marianne Hedvall

Skådetennis

Herself

Minns ni?

(archive footage)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2016	När molnen skingras	Self
2007	Alice Babs - Swing It!	Herself
2004	Swing it Alice!	Self
1995	Stjärnbilder	(archive footage)
1993	Minns ni?	(archive footage)
1968	Det hopfällbara slottet	Mother
1959	Swinging at the Castle	Inga "Trollet" Larsson
1959	Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel	herself
1958	Musik ombord	Ulla Wickström
1956	Swing it, fröken	Alice Lind
1956	Symphonie in Gold	Singer
1955	Swedish Girl
1953	I dur och skur	Greta Norman
1953	Resan till dej	Gunborg Karlsson
1953	Kungen av Dalarna
1952	H.C. Andersens sagor
1952	Drömsemester	Alice Babs
1950	Terras fönster 4
1947	Song of Stockholm	Britt Forsberg
1946	Det glada kalaset	Guest house guest, jazz singer
1945	Skådetennis	Herself
1944	Young Eagles	Marianne Hedvall
1942	Our Gang	Alice Bergendahl
1942	A Singing Girl	Inger Babs Jansson
1941	Magistrarna på sommarlov	Inga Danell
1940	'Swing It' Teacher	Inga Danell
1938	Thunder and Lightning

Year	TV Show	Role
1997	Så ska det låta	Self
1954	Bitte recht freundlich	Self