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.
Movies & TV Shows
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'Swing It' Teacher (1940) — Inga Danell
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Så ska det låta (1997) — Self
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I dur och skur (1953) — Greta Norman
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Swing it, fröken (1956) — Alice Lind
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Swinging at the Castle (1959) — Inga "Trollet" Larsson
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Magistrarna på sommarlov (1941) — Inga Danell
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Song of Stockholm (1947) — Britt Forsberg
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Musik ombord (1958) — Ulla Wickström
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Our Gang (1942) — Alice Bergendahl
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Resan till dej (1953) — Gunborg Karlsson
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A Singing Girl (1942) — Inger Babs Jansson
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Symphonie in Gold (1956) — Singer
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Stjärnbilder (1995) — (archive footage)
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Kungen av Dalarna (1953)
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Thunder and Lightning (1938)
- Swedish Girl (1955)
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Drömsemester (1952) — Alice Babs
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Young Eagles (1944) — Marianne Hedvall
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Det glada kalaset (1946) — Guest house guest, jazz singer
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Det hopfällbara slottet (1968) — Mother
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Swing it Alice! (2004) — Self
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Minns ni? (1993) — (archive footage)
- H.C. Andersens sagor (1952)
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När molnen skingras (2016) — Self
- Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel (1959) — herself
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Alice Babs - Swing It! (2007) — Herself
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Skådetennis (1945) — Herself
- Terras fönster 4 (1950)
- Bitte recht freundlich (1954) — Self