Sigrid Neiiendam

Sigrid Marie Elisabeth Neiiendam née Andersen (1868–1955) was a Danish actress who played some 200 parts at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. She is remembered in particular for her interpretations of Ludvig Holberg's plays. Early life Born on 31 May 1868 in Gedved in central Jutland, she was the daughter of school principal Johan Henrik Andersen and his wife Sophie Frederikke Rasmussen. She spent her childhood on the island of Møn where her father headed Rødkilde Højskole. In her book Sigrid Neiiendam fortæller, published in 1943, she remembers how she started to imitate the many different people who visited the school, providing a basis for her theatrical work. In 1888, she passed the entrance examination to the Royal Theatre's drama school. She studied under actor Olaf Poulsen and theatre director William Bloch. Acting career