Victor Borge - Famous Actor

Victor Borge Net Worth

$10,000,000

Victor Borge, the famous Danish comedian, conductor, and pianist had a net worth of $10 million. Known as ‘The Great Dane’ and ‘The Clown Prince of Denmark’, Borge achieved tremendous success in Europe and the United States by seamlessly blending comedy and music throughout his career.

Key facts:

  • Victor Borge was a Danish comedian, conductor, and pianist.
  • He blended comedy and music, earning nicknames like 'The Great Dane', 'The Clown Prince of Denmark', and 'The Unmelancholy Dane'.
  • Borge achieved great success in Europe and the United States.
  • He started his career as a classical concert pianist and later blended piano music with jokes in his stand-up act.
  • Borge escaped from Nazi-occupied Denmark and moved to the United States, where he achieved fame on the radio.
  • In 1942, he won the Best New Radio Performer of the Year award.
  • Borge hosted The Victor Borge Show on NBC, starting in 1946.
  • He released numerous albums and starred in films, including his latest The King of Comedy in 1983.
  • Besides his performances, Borge also authored three books, including his autobiography.
  • He founded the American Pianists Association to support aspiring pianists.
  • Victor Borge passed away on December 23, 200, at the age of 91.

Basic Information About Victor Borge

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Comedians
ProfessionsComedian, Pianist, Conductor, Actor
Net worth$10,000,000
Date of birth1909-01-03
Place of birthCopenhagen
Date of death2000-12-23 (aged 91)
NationalityDenmark
Spouse17 March - Sarabel Sanna Scraper (Β 1953 - 19 SeptemberΒ 2000)Β (her death)Β (3 children)
24 December - Elsie Chilton (Β 1933 - 1953)Β (divorced)Β (2 children)
GenderMale
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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Victor Borge roles

Movie / Series Role
The King of ComedyVictor Borge
Sesame StreetSelf 9 episodes, 1978-1986
The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star 1 episode, 1979
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Mr. Willoughby 1 episode, 1967
Laugh-InSelf 1 episode, 1968

Victor Borge's Quotes

  • A woman complimenting me on my act one night told me she hadn't laughed so much since her husband died.
  • And I wish to remind you that the smile is the shortest distance between people, and the more we smile, the less we fight. Because to my knowledge, no one ever fought smilingly...and won. So not goodbye, then. Never goodbye. Just...so long.
  • Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

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Interesting Facts about Victor Borge

  1. Recipient of 22nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contribution to arts and culture, presented by President Bill Clinton in Washington, DC, Dec. 5, 1999.
  2. 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.
  3. One of his famous skits involves "phonetic punctuation", in which he accents commas, question marks and periods with sound effects.
  4. He is the founder of the Thanks to Scandinavia Foundation.
  5. Father of Frederikke Borge, Ronald Borge, Vebe Borge, Sanna Feinstein and Janet Crowle.
  6. In 1953, he starred in the one-man Broadway production "Comedy in Music", with which he toured off and on until his retirement. This was a show in which Borge often announced he was going to play a piece, but seldom actually got around to doing it because of his hilarious comments to the audience. The show went through several editions over the years, but always retained some of the same comic remarks.
  7. He hosted the first US telecast of the Danny Kaye film, Hans Christian Andersen (1952).
  8. He was the voiceover artist for the Heineken beer adverts in the UK during the 1970s. 'Heineken does this because it refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach.'
  9. Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald S. Smith, pg. 57-58. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
  10. Attended Øster Borgerdyd High School in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  11. Borge, almost single-handedly, developed the Rock Cornish game hen industry in America. He owned a very large farm where he raised Rock Cornish hens.
  12. His son, Ron Borge, appeared many times on stage with his father as the timid page turner.
  13. His Comedy in Music one-man show on Broadway reached 849 performances, the longest solo run in Broadway history.
  14. Became a U.S. citizen after his move there, but remained popular in his native Denmark and often performed there.
  15. Recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation in 1986.

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