Monica Dominique (née ''Danielsson'', born 20 July 1940 in

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) is a

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, composer, and

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.The Swedish Film Database: Monica Dominique
accessed on April 13, 2010 As a student Monica Dominique attended the

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in Stockholm. She was educated at the

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, and has been active as a versatile but mainly

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musician since the 1960s. In the early 1970s, she played in the group

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. She started her career as an actress in 1969, playing the character ''Lotten'' in the TV movie '' Spader, Madame''. She continued her acting career well into the late 1990s. She and her husband, pianist and composer Carl-Axel Dominique, composed the song "

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" for the Swedish group Nova to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest in Luxembourg in

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, which she also conducted herself. The Dominique couple often perform together, playing piano four hands. Her brother is the jazz musician

Palle Danielsson Nils Paul "Palle" Danielsson (born 15 October 1946) is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden. From 1974 to 1979, he was a member of Keith Jarrett's quartet. He is the brother of pianist Monica Dominique. Career Danielsson's ...

Discography

Albums

*1988: ''Inside the Rainbow'' *1996: ''En flygel – fyra händer'' with Carl-Axel Dominique *1997: ''So Nice'' with Carol Rogers *2000: ''Mitt i mej'' *2003: ''Bird Woman'' (as Monica Dominique Quintet) *2004: ''Säg vad ni vill... men först kommer käket'' with Monica Nielsen *2006: ''Jösses flickor – Återkomsten'' *2009: ''Monica & Monica tolkar Beppe, Olle, Allan'' with Monica Nielsen *2011: ''Fingers Unlimited'' with Carl-Axel Dominique *2012: ''Togetherness'' with

Filmography

*1979: ''

Repmånad ''Repmånad'' is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 23 February 1979, directed by Lasse Åberg. The plot revolves around a group of men called in for refresher exercise (known as "repmånad" in Swedish, hence the tit ...

'' *1979: ''Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet'' *1980: '' Räkan från Maxim'' (TV) *1981: ''Höjdhoppar'n'' *1982: '' Gräsänklingar'' *1990: ''Macken – Roy's & Roger's Bilservice'' *1996: ''Monopol'' ;Soundtracks *1970: ''Förpassad'' *1970: ''Jänken'' *1983: ''Med Lill-Klas i kappsäcken'' (TV) *1983: ''Kärleken'' *1991: ''Sanna kvinnor'' (TV) *1996: ''Alla dagar, alla nätter'' (TV)

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Dominique Musik
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