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Alice Babs
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Swedish singer and actor (1924-2014)
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Alice Babs, born Hildur Alice Nilson, was a Swedish singer, actor, and jazz musician. She began her work period in 1939 and performed using her voice. Her musical genres included jazz and pop. She was associated with the record label RCA Victor and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. She spoke Swedish and followed Lutheranism.
Babs was born in Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden, and died in Stockholm. She died of natural causes due to Alzheimer's disease. Her married name was Hildur Alice Babs Sjöblom. She had a child named Titti Sjöblom.
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Film & TV
Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden
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…
Known for
- När molnen skingras — Self2016
- Alice Babs - Swing It! — Herself2007
- Swing it Alice! — Self2004
- Så ska det låta — Self1997
- Stjärnbilder — (archive footage)1995
- Minns ni? — (archive footage)1993
- Det hopfällbara slottet — Mother1968
- Swinging at the Castle — Inga "Trollet" Larsson1959
- Pfingstbummel - Pfingstrummel — herself1959
- Musik ombord — Ulla Wickström1958
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1924
- Active to
- 2014
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 31,742
- Total plays
- 229,261
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Alice Babs (born Hildur Alice Nilsson; 26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014) was a singer and actress from Kalmar, Sweden. While she worked in a wide number of genres—Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs, and opera—She was best known internationally as a jazz singer, and for being Sweden's first entrant in Eurovision singing in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. After making her breakthrough in Swing it magistern (Swing It, Teacher!) (1940), she appeared in more than a dozen Swedish language films.
Key facts
- Born
- Hildur Alice Nilson , ( 1924-01-26 ) 26 January 1924, Kalmar , Sweden
- Died
- 11 February 2014 (2014-02-11) (aged 90), Stockholm , Sweden
- Genres
- Jazz schlager
- Occupations
- Singer, actress
- Years active
- 1939–2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hildur
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Stockholm
- Child
- Titti Sjöblom
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1958
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Image
- Alice Babs.jpg
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- date of death
- 2014-02-11
- Commons category
- Alice Babs
- date of birth
- 1924-01-26
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Hildur Alice Nilson
- described at URL
- forum.genealogi.se/index.php?topic=76511.0
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- married name
- Hildur Alice Babs Sjöblom
- pseudonym
- Alice Babs
- name in native language
- Hildur Alice Babs Nilson
- number of viewers/listeners
- 971374
- described by source
- Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Career
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