Victor Borge

Known for ActingBorn 1909-01-03Died 2000-12-23København

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Victor Borge: Verdens Morsomste Mand

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

Carpenters Very First Television Special

The Muppet Show

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

The King of Comedy

I Folkets Navn

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Dean Martin Show

Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume Two

Small World

Lørdagshjørnet

Dinah!

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

Victor Borge: Then & Now

The Best of Victor Borge: Act I & II

What's My Line?

The Dick Cavett Show

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Frk. Møllers jubilæum

The Legendary Victor Borge

Higher and Higher

The Mike Douglas Show

Alarm

Der var engang en vicevært

De tre måske fire

Kraft Music Hall

The Daydreamer

Gyldne tider på St. Croix

Victor Borge's Funniest Moments

Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume One

The Very Best of Victor Borge, Vol. 2

The Very Best of Victor Borge, Volume 1

A Tribute to Victor Borge

Victor Borge: The Great Dane of Comedy

Victor Borge: På hjemmebane

Victor Borge - In Concert & Encore

The Victor Borge Collection

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

Tony Awards

The Victor Borge Show