Victor Borge(1909-2000)

Writer
Actor
Music Department

An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".

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The Daydreamer (1966)

Pianist, composer, songwriter, entertainer and actor, educated at Borgerdydskolen and the Conservatory of Copenhagen. He studied with Egon Petri and Frederic Lammond. His concert career began in 1922, and he performed in a musical revue in 1934, and in films by 1937. Arriving in the US in 1940, he made his American radio debut on the Bing Crosby show. He was featured in his own one-man show "Comedy in Music", plus concert appearances throughout the USA and Europe. Joining ASCAP in 1961, he composed "Blue Serenade".

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Frank Sinatra, Michèle Morgan, Leon Errol, Barbara Hale, Jack Haley, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Marcy McGuire, and Dooley Wilson in Higher and Higher (1943)

Higher and Higher

6.0

Sir Victor Fitzroy Victor

1943

The King of Comedy

7.8

Victor Borge

1982

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

7.7

TV Series

Mr. Willoughby

De tre måske fire

6.0

Kontorist - Bøjesen(as Børge Rosenbaum)

1939

Credits

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Writer

The Complete Victor Borge
7.0
TV Series
- written by
- 1974
The Victor Borge Show
7.3
TV Series
- Writer
- 1951–1963
Victor Borge: Comedy in Music
6.3
TV Mini Series
- writer
- 1956

Actor

The King of Comedy
7.8
- Victor Borge
- 1982
Consumer Survival Kit
TV Series
- 1975–1982
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.7
TV Series
- Mr. Willoughby
- 1967
The Daydreamer
6.1
- Zenith (The Second Tailor) (voice)
- 1966
The Victor Borge Show
7.3
TV Series
- Victor Borge
- 1951
Higher and Higher
6.0
- Sir Victor Fitzroy Victor
- 1943
De tre måske fire
6.0
- Kontorist - Bøjesen (as Børge Rosenbaum)
- 1939
Alarm
6.0
- Tjener Cæsar (as Børge Rosenbaum)
- 1938
Der var engang en Vicevært
5.7
- Komponist Bøegh
- 1937
Frk. Møllers jubilæum
5.8
- Klaverstemmer Asmussen
- 1937

Music Department

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Personal details

Alternative name
- Børge Rosenbaum
Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Born
- January 3, 1909
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
- December 23, 2000
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA(heart failure)
Spouses
Children
- Ronald Borge
Other works
In 1962, he hosted several episodes of a proposed TV anthology series called "The Victor Borge Comedy Theatre." The series, developed by Desilu, wasn't picked up by a network.
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Trivia
Borge publicly derided Adolf Hitler in his native Denmark just before World War II. When the Germans invaded that country, he managed to escape to America because, since he was married to an American women, he got an American visa.