Victor Borge
Børge Rosenbaum (3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000),[1] known professionally as Victor Borge (/ˈbɔːrɡə/ BOR-gə), was a Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist. He was known for his radio and television works in the United States and Europe.[2]
Borge was known as "The Clown Prince of Denmark".[3] His best known work was in Comedy in Music, which became the longest running one-man show in the history of theater with 849 performances, a feat which placed it in the Guinness Book of World Records.[4] He was born in Copenhagen.
In 1999, he received the Kennedy Center Honors.
Borge died on 23 December 2000 in his sleep in Greenwich, Connecticut following a concert, aged 91.[5]
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Borge performing before an audience in 1957
The footstone of Victor Borge
References
- ↑ Bjørn Rasmussen (1969). Filmens hvem-vad-hvor (in dansk). Politiken. p. 239. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ↑ "Det Kongelige Teater – Kort fortalt" (in dansk). Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
My father played in the orchestra for more than 30 years – we couldn't recognise him, when he came home. (Om Bernhard Rosenbaum, som var bratschist i Kapellet fra 1888–1919 sagde Victor Borge: "Min far spillede i Kapellet i over 30 år – vi kunne heller ikke kende ham, da han kom hjem".)
- ↑ Jean-Pierre Thiollet, 88 notes pour piano solo, Neva Editions, 2015, p.296. ISBN 978-2-35055-192-0
- ↑ Young, Mark (2 March 1998). The Guinness Book of World Records 1998. Bantam Books. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-553-57895-9. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
The longest run of one-man shows is 849, by Victor Borge (Denmark) in his Comedy in Music from October 2, 1953 through 21 January 1956 at the Golden Theater, Broadway, New York City.
- ↑ Comedian Victor Borge dies. 24 December 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1085323.stm. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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