Alice Babs
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1008 |
| Birthday | 1924-01-26 |
| Place of Birth | Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden |
| Also Known As | Alice Sjöblom, Hildur Alice Nilson, |
2004
Swing it Alice!
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Documentary on the Swedish jazz singer Alice Babs where interviews with her are interspersed with clips of her performances.
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Swing it Alice!
1993
Minns ni?
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A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
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Minns ni?
1958
Musik ombord
7/2
Ulla Winther has retired from her singing career to a marriage with two children. But her agent wants her to return and she finally agrees to take par...
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Musik ombord
1956
Swing it, fröken
6.667/3
There is a new English teacher in school, Miss Lind. She moves in with the Nilssons, whose son Sigge prefers playing with his trumpet than to study Ge...
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Swing it, fröken
1959
Swinging at the Castle
7/3
Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family.
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Swinging at the Castle
1953
I dur och skur
5.25/4
"In rain and shine" - Sid och Filibert are identical twins. Sid is a theater manager and composer and when his brother arrives to Stockholm for a posi...
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I dur och skur
1942
Our Gang
7/2
A gang of friends lose their club house and collect money for a new one by singing in public.
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Our Gang
1953
Resan till dej
7/2
The marriage of the newlyweds Gun and Emil is strained when Gun sings in a radio show and makes a breakthrough.
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Resan till dej
1995
Stjärnbilder
10/1
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film h...
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Stjärnbilder
1941
Magistrarna på sommarlov
6/3
Inga Danell's summer vacation is near. But unfortunately both Inga and her brother Acke have bad grades and are forced to study by the help of a tutor...
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Magistrarna på sommarlov
1940
'Swing It' Teacher
6/10
Old fashioned teachers are taught swing dancing by a student.
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'Swing It' Teacher
1953
Kungen av Dalarna
7/1
Malm is the editor at a Stockholm newspaper who gets the assignment to cover the big ski race Vasaloppet.
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Kungen av Dalarna
1938
Thunder and Lightning
7/1
The aristocratic count Hägerskiöld is very proud of his swine Helen of Troy who wins a prize every year as the best swine in the area. This year his s...
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Thunder and Lightning
1955
Swedish Girl
8/1
Britta is the foster daughter of Professor Rydberg. The last 13 years she has lived with him and his son Sven. She and Sven are closely not only at th...
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Swedish Girl
1952
H.C. Andersens sagor
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It's evening and mother Alice read bedtime stories for her three children.
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H.C. Andersens sagor
2016
När molnen skingras
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The story of the popular Swedish singer Ulla Billquist. The WW2's most famous voice in Sweden. The fate of a female that has never been told before.
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När molnen skingras
1952
Drömsemester
7/1
The Danish school teacher Mogens Jensen is on his holiday through Sweden in a rickety T-Ford.
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Drömsemester
1947
Song of Stockholm
5.5/2
Knatten and Janne, just released from the prison of Långholmen, meet a romantic Stockholm in the 40s. Knatten tries to earn money while Janne is looki...
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Song of Stockholm
1944
Young Eagles
8/1
The spoiled Marianne has switched cocktail parties to flight lessons.
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Young Eagles
1946
Det glada kalaset
8/1
Bojan runs a guest house, with economical problems. She decides, therefore, to arrange a big party. If she will go bankrupt, it might as well happen t...
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Det glada kalaset
1942
A Singing Girl
6.5/2
A girl (Alice Babs) from the country moves to Stockholm to become a singer.
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A Singing Girl
1968
Det hopfällbara slottet
2/1
"The Folding Castle" - a musical drama - Built in blue, lasts longer than you think, can withstand being watch. The shadow of the cloud is slowly erod...
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Det hopfällbara slottet
1959
Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel
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Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel
1956
Symphonie in Gold
6.5/2
Revue film on ice. An excellent figure skater did not qualify for the European Championships, but as a participant in show programs he became known as...
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Symphonie in Gold
2007
Alice Babs - Swing It!
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This documentary film features plenty of archival material, also showing Alice Babs from her private side: as a vivacious lady who has held on to her...
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Alice Babs - Swing It!
1945
Skådetennis
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Tennis competitions between Swedish actors at Saltsjöbaden.
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Skådetennis
1950
Terras fönster 4
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The newsboy Sigge first sells "Terras fönster" on trains. Sweden's smallest car on Stockholm's streets run by Ville Wallén. Bird Sports: Who has made...
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