Victor Borge(1909-2000)
- Writer
- Actor
- Music Department
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".
