Name
Victor Borge
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-01-03
Deathday
2000-12-23 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
København
Biography
Victor Borge, born Børge Rosenbaum, was a Danish- American comedian, conductor and pianist, affectionately known as "The Clown Prince of Denmark", "The Unmelancholy Dane", and "The Great Dane".
He was born in Copenhagen and started out as a classic concert pianist, having his first major concert in 1926. In 1933 he started his now famous "stand up" act, with the signature blend of piano music and jokes, and married American Elsie Chilton the same year. Borge started touring extensively in Europe, where he began telling anti-Nazi jokes. When Germany invaded Denmark on 9 April 1940, he was touring Sweden, and fled via finland to the USA with his American wife.
Once in the USA, he took the name Victor Borge, and quickly managed to adapt his jokes to the American audience, learning English by watching movies. In 1941 he was hired by Bing Crosby for his Kraft Music Hall, and from then on, his fame just grew and grew.
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- 1989 Hanna-Barbera's 50th as Self
- 1943 Higher and Higher as Sir Victor
- 1992 Victor Borge: Then & Now as Himself
- 2004 The Victor Borge Collection as Himself
- 2006 Victor Borge: På hjemmebane as Himself
- 2005 Victor Borge - In Concert & Encore as Himself
- 1937 Der var engang en vicevært as Komponist Bøegh
- Soon Victor Borge Classic Collection as Himself
- 1939 De tre måske fire as Kontorist - Bøjesen
- 1966 The Daydreamer as Zenith, the Second Tailor (voice)
- 2004 Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume One as Himself
- 2004 Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume Two as Himself
- 2004 The Legendary Victor Borge as Himself
- 2004 Victor Borge's Funniest Moments as Himself
- 1938 Alarm as Tjener Cæsar
- 2009 Victor Borge: Verdens Morsomste Mand as Him self
- 1937 Frk. Møllers jubilæum
- 1982 The King of Comedy as Victor Borge
- 2008 A Tribute to Victor Borge as Himself
- 1990 The Best of Victor Borge: Act I & II as himself
- 2008 Victor Borge: The Great Dane of Comedy as Self
- 2002 Victor Borge: Then and Now, Vol. II as Self
- 1996 Victor Borge: Then & Now III in Washington D.C. as Self
- 1996 Victor Borge Nytårs-show
- 1938 I Folkets Navn
- 1967 Gyldne tider på St. Croix as Self
- 1979 All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self
- 1976 Carpenters Very First Television Special as Self
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1951 The Victor Borge Show ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1976 The Muppet Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Special Guest Star
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1965 The Dean Martin Show ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1974 Dinah! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 24 episodes ) as Self
- 2018 The Very Best of Victor Borge, Vol. 2 ( 8 episodes ) as Himself
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panelist
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 7 episodes ) as Self
- 1976 Lørdagshjørnet ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Kraft Music Hall ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1958 Small World ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Willoughby
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2011 The Very Best of Victor Borge, Volume 1 ( 6 episodes ) as Self
