Beppe Wolgers
Swedish actor
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| Intro | Swedish actor | |
| Places | Sweden | |
| was | Musician Film director Actor Composer Author Poet Screenwriter Writer Cartoonist Songwriter Film score composer | |
| Work field | Arts Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature Music | |
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| Birth | 10 November 1928, Stockholm, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden | |
| Death | 6 August 1986Strömsund, Strömsund Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden (aged 57 years) | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Biography
John Bertil "Beppe" Wolgers (10 November 1928 – 6 August 1986) was a Swedish author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer and artist.
Career
Wolgers was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of forest ranger John Wolgers and Gerda (née Korsgren). He attended Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, United States from 1947 to 1948 and Poppius journalistskola and Otte Skölds målarskola from 1946-1947. Wolgers was a journalist at Stockholms-Tidningen from 1960 to 1961.
Wolgers had also exhibits together with Ernfrid Bogstedt.
He wrote about a thousand songs and specialized in putting Swedish lyrics to foreign tunes like "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Waltz for Debby", "Dat Dere", "Take Five" and "Bachianas brasileiras" no 5. He also made several books and films for children, and did a famous series as a slightly crazy goodnight story teller for children in Swedish television 1968-74 and, as notable, the father of Pippi Longstocking in the 1969 TV series. He died in Östersund from a peptic ulcer.
Personal life
Wolgers was married to Kerstin Dunér (born 1932), the daughter of radio inspector Osborn Dunér and his wife. They had four children; Tom (born 1959), Mats (born 1961), Benton (born 1963) and Camilla (born 1965)