Alice Babs

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.

  • Title: Alice Babs
  • Popularity: 1.658
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1924-01-26
  • Place of Birth: Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden
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  • Also Known As: Alice Sjöblom, Hildur Alice Nilson
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Alice Babs Movies

  • 2004
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    Swing it Alice!

    Swing it Alice!

    1 2004 HD

    Documentary on the Swedish jazz singer Alice Babs where interviews with her are interspersed with clips of her performances.

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  • 1993
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    Minns ni?

    Minns ni?

    1 1993 HD

    A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.

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  • 1958
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    Musik ombord

    Musik ombord

    4 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1956
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    Swing it, fröken

    Swing it, fröken

    6 1956 HD

    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...

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  • 1959
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    Swinging at the Castle

    Swinging at the Castle

    6 1959 HD

    Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family.

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  • 1953
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    I dur och skur

    I dur och skur

    4.7 1953 HD

    "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...

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  • 1942
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    Our Gang

    Our Gang

    5 1942 HD

    A gang of friends lose their club house and collect money for a new one by singing in public.

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  • 1953
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    Resan till dej

    Resan till dej

    5 1953 HD

    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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  • 1995
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    Stjärnbilder

    Stjärnbilder

    1 1995 HD

    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...

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  • 1941
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    Magistrarna på sommarlov

    Magistrarna på sommarlov

    5.5 1941 HD

    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...

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  • 1940
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    'Swing It' Teacher

    'Swing It' Teacher

    5.6 1940 HD

    Old fashioned teachers are taught swing dancing by a student.

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  • 1953
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    Kungen av Dalarna

    Kungen av Dalarna

    1 1953 HD

    Malm is the editor at a Stockholm newspaper who gets the assignment to cover the big ski race Vasaloppet.

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  • 1938
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    Thunder and Lightning

    Thunder and Lightning

    1 1938 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    Swedish Girl

    Swedish Girl

    1 1955 HD

    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...

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  • 1952
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    H.C. Andersens sagor

    H.C. Andersens sagor

    1 1952 HD

    It's evening and mother Alice read bedtime stories for her three children.

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  • 2016
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    När molnen skingras

    När molnen skingras

    1 2016 HD

    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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  • 1952
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    Drömsemester

    Drömsemester

    1 1952 HD

    The Danish school teacher Mogens Jensen is on his holiday through Sweden in a rickety T-Ford.

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  • 1947
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    Song of Stockholm

    Song of Stockholm

    1 1947 HD

    Knatten and Janne, just released from the prison of Långholmen, meet a romantic Stockholm in the 40s. Knatten tries to earn money while Janne...

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  • 1944
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    Young Eagles

    Young Eagles

    1 1944 HD

    The spoiled Marianne has switched cocktail parties to flight lessons.

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  • 1946
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    Det glada kalaset

    Det glada kalaset

    1 1946 HD

    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...

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  • 1942
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    A Singing Girl

    A Singing Girl

    4 1942 HD

    A girl (Alice Babs) from the country moves to Stockholm to become a singer.

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  • 1968
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    Det hopfällbara slottet

    Det hopfällbara slottet

    2 1968 HD

    "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...

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  • 1959
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    Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel

    Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Symphonie in Gold

    Symphonie in Gold

    3 1956 HD

    Revue film on ice.

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  • 2007
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    Alice Babs - Swing It!

    Alice Babs - Swing It!

    1 2007 HD

    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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  • 1945
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    Skådetennis

    Skådetennis

    1 1945 HD

    Tennis competitions between Swedish actors at Saltsjöbaden.

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  • 1954
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    Bitte recht freundlich

    Bitte recht freundlich

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1997
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    Så ska det låta

    Så ska det låta

    6 1997 HD

    Så ska det låta is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish The Lyrics Board. The show was introduced in 1997 and led by Peter Harryson...

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