Sigrid Neiiendam

[1][2] 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.

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.

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.

The theatre critic Frederik Schyberg ascribed her success in the history of Danish drama to two factors: enchanting her Copenhagen audiences by introducing a new dimension in playing rural characters; and the way in which she "more than any of our contemporaries contributed to bringing out Holberg's lively characters".

Neiiendam was also successful in films, including Vredens Dag (1943) and Fra den gamle Købmandsgård (1951).