Sigrid Marie Elisabeth Neiiendam née Andersen (1873â€"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.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.In 1893 she moved to Dagmarteatret where she performed
in Johanne in Leth Hansen's Ungdomsleg. After spending time with her
father as he traveled throughout Denmark, in 1900 she was
engaged[clarification needed] by J. F. Dorph-Petersen of Folketeatret
where she acted in a number of modern plays by Gustav Wied, Hjalmar
Bergstrøm, Emma Gad and Palle Rosenkrantz. She was described as
playing a "wonderfully lively and uncontrollably amusing" Trine in
Ellen Reumert's Tvillingerne. In July 1901, she married the theatrical
historian Robert Neiiendam (1880â€"1966).
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.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.In 1893 she moved to Dagmarteatret where she performed
in Johanne in Leth Hansen's Ungdomsleg. After spending time with her
father as he traveled throughout Denmark, in 1900 she was
engaged[clarification needed] by J. F. Dorph-Petersen of Folketeatret
where she acted in a number of modern plays by Gustav Wied, Hjalmar
Bergstrøm, Emma Gad and Palle Rosenkrantz. She was described as
playing a "wonderfully lively and uncontrollably amusing" Trine in
Ellen Reumert's Tvillingerne. In July 1901, she married the theatrical
historian Robert Neiiendam (1880â€"1966).
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