Dawn Klingberg (1937 – 2023) was an Australian actress known for her roles in Prisoner: Cell Block H, the Crone in BeastMaster, and her final screen role as the Corpse Minder in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
Career Before landing her first screen role, Klingberg was a fashion designer of the Clementine label and active in Australian theatre in Adelaide portraying Angela in Barry Pree's A Fox in the Night (1959), and in Melbourne in 1963, portraying Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Terence Donovan as Brick.
Early screen appearances include roles on the Australian series Homicide (1964) and Prisoner (1979–85), and the theatrical film Kostas (1979).
In the 1980s Kingberg appears in the theatrical films Lonely Hearts (1982), Man of Flowers (1983), and Cactus (1986), and a role on the television series Special Squad (1984).
During the 1990s her television appearances include Neighbours (1990–2013), Phoenix (1993), Halifax F.P. (1995), Blue Heelers (1997–2004), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1999, 2000), the miniseries Snowy (1993) and the made-for-television film The Ripper (1997). She also appeared in the 1991 feature film A Woman's Tale.
Klingberg remained active into the 2000s. In 2001, she is credited as Dawn Klingburg in BeastMaster, portraying a fortune telling crone named Olana, who predicts Dar's death in the season three episode, "Destiny." Other television series guest roles include City Homicide (2007), Bed of Roses (2010), and Outland (2012), the television film Dogwoman: A Grrrl's Best Friend (2000), and the miniseries Childhood's End (2015). Feature films include Innocence (2000), Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002), One Perfect Day (2004), the horror films Damned by Dawn and Prey (both in 2009), Force of Destiny (2015), and in 2020 she appeared in both The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee and The Dry.
Her final screen appearance was the role of Corpse Minder in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, released posthumously in 2024.
Filmography
Film
1979: Kostas – Landlady 1982: Lonely Hearts – Flower Seller 1983: Man of Flowers – Cleaning Lady 1986: Cactus – Pedestrian 1991: A Woman's Tale – Don's Wife 2000: Innocence – Restaurant Owner 2002: Till Human Voices Wake Us – Mrs. Sarks 2004: One Perfect Day – Bag Lady 2009: Damned by Dawn – Nana O'Neill 2009: Prey – Kora 2015: Force of Destiny – Visitor 2017: Deep Storage (short) – Millie 2020: The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee – Old Lady Trolley 2020: The Dry – Gran 2024: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Corpse Minder (final screen role)
Television
+ Year Title Role Notes 1964–1966 Homicide Edna Malone / Dawn Kirby / Beryl Dunn 3 episodes 1979–1985 Prisoner: Cell Block H Woman / Officer Edwards (uncredited) / Ellen / Jen / Mrs. Graham 20 episodes 1984 Special Squad Episode: "Until Death" 1990–2013 Neighbours Vera Carmichael / Nell Woodrow / Ingrid Farah 4 episodes 1993 Snowy Old Woman (as Dawn Clinberg) TV miniseries 1993 Phoenix Yvonne 1 episode 1995 Halifax F.P. Homeless Woman Episode: "The Feeding" 1997 The Ripper Old woman TV movie 1997–2004 Blue Heelers Mrs. Mundy / Gwen Kinnear / Grandma Kenny 3 episodes 1998 SeaChange Mrs. Cynthia Fitzwalter 1 episode 1998 State Coroner Gwen Smith 1 episode 1998 Stingers Pearl Gallagher 1 episode 1999, 2000 The Lost World Old Woman / Woman 2 episodes 2000 Dogwoman: A Grrrl's Best Friend Pearl TV movie 2001 BeastMaster Crone (as Dawn Klingburg) Episode: "Destiny" 2007 City Homicide Sharon Finnegan Episode: "The Ripe Fruits In The Garden" 2010 Bed of Roses Evelyn Longbottom 1 episode 2012 Outland Mrs. Reynolds 1 episode 2015 Childhood's End Elderly Nun TV miniseries
References
External links
Dawn Klingberg at Apple TV+