Beppe Wolgers

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth : 11/10/1928

Date of death : 08/06/1986

City of birth : Stockholm, Sweden

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").