Victor Borge

ActingBorn 1909-01-03København

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.

Victor Borge

Known for (40 titles)

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

Carpenters Very First Television Special

The Muppet Show

The King of Comedy

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Dean Martin Show

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume Two

The Best of Victor Borge: Act I & II

Dinah!

What's My Line?

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Merv Griffin Show

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Victor Borge: Then & Now

Frk. Møllers jubilæum

Higher and Higher

Der var engang en vicevært

Alarm

The Legendary Victor Borge

The Mike Douglas Show

De tre måske fire

Kraft Music Hall

The Daydreamer

Victor Borge's Funniest Moments

Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume One

The Victor Borge Collection

Victor Borge - In Concert & Encore

Victor Borge Classic Collection

A Tribute to Victor Borge

Victor Borge: Then and Now, Vol. II

Victor Borge: Then & Now III in Washington D.C.

Victor Borge Nytårs-show

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

The Very Best of Victor Borge, Vol. 2

Tony Awards

The Very Best of Victor Borge, Volume 1