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Victor Borge
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Victor Borge was a male American performer whose career spanned from 1917 to 2000. Born on January 3, 1909, and dying on December 23, 2000, he was associated with comedy, piano, classical music, and parody. His work period extended over eight decades, during which he raised five children.
Borge authored several books, including *What-a-Mess in Autumn Muir Frank*, *Noder og unoder*, *You Be the Conductor*, and *Victor Borge's game bird cook book*. He is also credited with five works in academic databases and sixteen entries in library catalogs. His public persona included humorous observations, such as a quote comparing a Nazi to a dog and a joke about knowing only two pieces of music, one of which was *Clair de Lune*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- What-a-Mess in Autumn Muir Frank
- Noder og unoder
- You Be the Conductor
- Victor Borge's game bird cook book
- Victor Borge
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909-01-03
- Active to
- 2000-12-23
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,834
- Total plays
- 27,827
Tags
Victor Borge (January 3, 1909 – December 23, 2000) was a humorist, entertainer and world-class pianist affectionately known as the Clown Prince of Denmark and the Great Dane. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark as Børge Rosenbaum and died in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Among Victor's other famous routines is the phonetic punctuation routine, in which he recites a story, with full punctuation (comma, period, exclamation mark, etc.) as onomatopoetic sounds. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Vict
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,973x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,617x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,264x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog? The Nazi lifts his arm.”
- “I only know two pieces, one is 'Clair de Lune', the other one isn't.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Børge Rosenbaum , ( 1909-01-03 ) January 3, 1909, Copenhagen , Denmark
- Died
- December 23, 2000 (2000-12-23) (aged 91), Greenwich, Connecticut , U.S.
- Other names
- The Clown Prince of Denmark , The Unmelancholy Dane , The Great Dane
- Citizenship
- Danish, American (naturalized 1948)
- Occupations
- Actor comedian pianist
- Years active
- 1917–2000
- Spouse s
- Elsie Chilton ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1933 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1953 ) , Sarabel Sanna Scraper ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ; died September 2000</span>"}]]}'>2000 )
- Genres
- Classical , comedy
- Instrument
- Piano
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Børge Rosenbaum ( Danish: [ˈpɶɐ̯wə ˈʁoːsn̩pɑwm]; January 3, 1909 – December 23, 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge (/ˈbɔːrɡə/ BOR-gə), was a Danish-American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark," "The Unmelancholy Dane," and "The Great Dane."
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Victor Borge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.