Alice Babs

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jan 26, 1924 (101 years old)
Death date
Feb 11, 2014

Alice Babs

Known For

Alice Babs - Swing It!
1h 20m
Movie 2007

Alice Babs - Swing It!

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 happy and "up-beat" nature into old age.

Swing it Alice!
0h 42m
Movie 2004

Swing it Alice!

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

Stjärnbilder
0h 37m
Movie 1995

Stjärnbilder

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 history with many of its stars.

Minns ni?
0h 8m
Movie 1993

Minns ni?

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

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.

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