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Adolf Jahr
Johan Adolf Reinhold Jahr , born ''Johansson'' (23 June 1893 – 19 April 1964) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1925 and 1962. Selected filmography * '' Mother-in-Law's Coming'' (1932) * ''False Greta'' (1934) * ''A Wedding Night at Stjarnehov'' (1934) * '' Kanske en gentleman'' (1935) * ''The Ghost of Bragehus'' (1936) * ''Conscientious Objector Adolf'' (1936) * '' Poor Millionaires'' (1936) * ''Adolf Strongarm'' (1937) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) * ''A Cruise in the Albertina'' (1938) * '' Adolf Saves the Day'' (1938) * ''Between Us Barons'' (1939) * '' Swing it, magistern!'' (1940) * '' A Real Man'' (1940) * ''Dunungen'' (1941) * '' Guttersnipes'' (1944) * '' The People of Hemsö'' (1944) * '' The Österman Brothers' Virago'' (1945) * ''The Wedding on Solö'' (1946) * ''Evening at the Djurgarden'' (1946) * '' The Poetry of Ådalen'' (1947) * '' Främmande hamn'' (1948) * ''Carnival Evening'' (1948) * ''Robinson in Roslagen'' (1948) * ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Babs
Hildur Alice Nilsson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer and actress. 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 After making her breakthrough in the film '' Swing it, magistern!'' ('Swing It, Teacher!', 1940), she appeared in more than a dozen Swedish-language films. Despite being cast as the well-behaved, good-hearted, cheerful girl, the youth culture forming with Babs as its icon caused outrage among members of the older generation. A vicar called the Babs cult the "foot and mouth disease of cultural life". A long and productive period of collaboration with Duke Ellington began in 1963. Among other works, Babs partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
