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.
49 acting credits
Acting · 49
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tony Awards
1956
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
What's My Line?
1950
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Dinah!
1974
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Kraft Music Hall
1958
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Muppet Show
1976
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The King of Comedy
1982
Small World
1958
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968
Lørdagshjørnet
1976
The Daydreamer
1966
The Victor Borge Show
1951
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
The Very Best of Victor Borge, Vol. 2
2018
Higher and Higher
1943
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
Alarm
1938
Der var engang en vicevært
1937
Victor Borge: Then & Now III in Washington D.C.
1996
De tre måske fire
1939
Victor Borge: Then & Now
1992
Victor Borge: På hjemmebane
2006
Frk. Møllers jubilæum
1937
I Folkets Navn
1938
Victor Borge: The Great Dane of Comedy
2008
Carpenters Very First Television Special
1976
A Tribute to Victor Borge
2008
Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume One
2004
Victor Borge - In Concert & Encore
2005
Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume Two
2004
Victor Borge's Funniest Moments
2004
Victor Borge: Then and Now, Vol. II
2002
The Legendary Victor Borge
2004
Victor Borge: Verdens Morsomste Mand
2009
The Best of Victor Borge: Act I & II
1990
Victor Borge Nytårs-show
1996
The Very Best of Victor Borge, Volume 1
2011
Gyldne tider på St. Croix
1967
The Victor Borge Collection
2004
Victor Borge Classic Collection
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