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person_profile-Victor Borge

Victor Borge Died at age: 91

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Victor Borge

Date of Birth:

Jan 03, 1909

Country of birth:

København

Died:

Dec 23, 2000

Biography of

Victor Borge

    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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Victor Borge

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Filmography of

Victor Borge

Found 17 Movies in total

A Tribute to Victor Borge

Himself ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2005

... 2004

... 2004

... 2004

... 2004

... 2002

... 1996

Victor Borge: Then & Now

Himself ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1990

... 1990

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

Self ( Actor )

... 1989

The King of Comedy

Himself ( Actor )

... 1982

The Daydreamer

Zenith, the Second Tailor (voice) ( Actor )

... 1966

Higher and Higher

Sir Victor ( Actor )

... 1943

De tre måske fire

Kontorist - Bøjesen ( Actor )

... 1939

Alarm

Tjener Cæsar ( Actor )

... 1938