Victor Borge: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Børge Rosenbaum
Born January 3, 1909 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died December 23, 2000 (aged 91) • Greenwich • Connecticut
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (1999)

Dudley Moore in Arthur (1981).
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Bill Cosby, 1995
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Count Basie, 1968
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