Beppe Wolgers

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Role

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth

11/10/1928

Date of death

08/06/1986

Place of birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Beppe Wolgers

Biography

Beppe Wolgers (born John Bertil Wolgers) was a writer of children's books and also a lyricist and composer for cinema and stage. He was responsible for persuading Zarah Leander to take a leading role in the musical "Sommarnattens leende" by Steven Sondheim ("Das Lächeln einer Sommernacht", "A Little Night Music") (1966) and also wrote the lyrics for three of the musical's songs: "Jag Minns" ("I Remember"), "Liaisons" and "Det Glamorosa Livet" ("The Glamorous Life", "La Vie glamour").

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