Victor Borge

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-01-03

Day of death

2000-12-23 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

København

Victor Borge

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.

Known For

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Muppet Show

    The Muppet Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Alarm

    Alarm

  • The Dean Martin Show

    The Dean Martin Show

  • Kraft Music Hall

    Kraft Music Hall

  • Frk. Møllers jubilæum

    Frk. Møllers jubilæum

  • I Folkets Navn

    I Folkets Navn

  • The King of Comedy

    The King of Comedy

  • Small World

    Small World

  • The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

    The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

  • All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

    All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

  • Lørdagshjørnet

    Lørdagshjørnet

  • The Daydreamer

    The Daydreamer

  • The Very Best of Victor Borge, Vol. 2

    The Very Best of Victor Borge, Vol. 2

  • Higher and Higher

    Higher and Higher

  • Hanna-Barbera's 50th

    Hanna-Barbera's 50th

  • The Victor Borge Show

    The Victor Borge Show

  • Victor Borge: Then & Now

    Victor Borge: Then & Now

  • Victor Borge Nytårs-show

    Victor Borge Nytårs-show

  • Der var engang en vicevært

    Der var engang en vicevært

  • Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume One

    Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume One

  • Victor Borge: Verdens Morsomste Mand

    Victor Borge: Verdens Morsomste Mand

  • Gyldne tider på St. Croix

    Gyldne tider på St. Croix

  • Carpenters Very First Television Special

    Carpenters Very First Television Special

  • The Legendary Victor Borge

    The Legendary Victor Borge

  • Victor Borge - In Concert & Encore

    Victor Borge - In Concert & Encore

  • The Victor Borge Collection

    The Victor Borge Collection

  • De tre måske fire

    De tre måske fire

  • Victor Borge: The Great Dane of Comedy

    Victor Borge: The Great Dane of Comedy

  • A Tribute to Victor Borge

    A Tribute to Victor Borge

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

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

  • Victor Borge's Funniest Moments

    Victor Borge's Funniest Moments

  • Victor Borge: På hjemmebane

    Victor Borge: På hjemmebane

  • Victor Borge Classic Collection

    Victor Borge Classic Collection

  • Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume Two

    Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume Two

  • The Best of Victor Borge: Act I & II

    The Best of Victor Borge: Act I & II

  • Victor Borge: Then and Now, Vol. II

    Victor Borge: Then and Now, Vol. II