Victor Borge
Acting
Born 1909-01-03
Died 2000-12-23
København
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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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Filmography
Acting
44 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Tony Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
The Dick Cavett Show
What's My Line?
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Ed Sullivan Show
Dinah!
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Muppet Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Kennedy Center Honors
Kraft Music Hall
The King of Comedy
Small World
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
The Daydreamer
Higher and Higher
Carpenters Very First Television Special
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
The Victor Borge Show
Victor Borge: Then & Now III in Washington D.C.
The Very Best of Victor Borge, Vol. 2
Der var engang en vicevært
Victor Borge: The Great Dane of Comedy
Victor Borge: Then and Now, Vol. II
A Tribute to Victor Borge
Gyldne tider på St. Croix
De tre måske fire
Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume Two
Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume One
The Legendary Victor Borge
The Best of Victor Borge: Act I & II
Alarm
Victor Borge: Then & Now
The Very Best of Victor Borge, Volume 1
The Victor Borge Collection
Victor Borge - In Concert & Encore
Victor Borge: Verdens Morsomste Mand
Victor Borge: På hjemmebane
Victor Borge's Funniest Moments
Victor Borge Classic Collection
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