Dawn Klingberg

Before landing her first screen role, Klingberg was a fashion designer of the Clementine label^[2] and active in Australian theatre in Adelaide portraying Angela in Barry Pree's A Fox in the Night (1959),^[3][4] and in Melbourne in 1963, portraying Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Terence Donovan as Brick.^[5]

Early screen appearances include roles on the Australian series Homicide (1964)^[6] 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."^[7] 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.

Film

• 1979: Kostas – Landlady ^{[af 1]}
• 1982: Lonely Hearts – Flower Seller ^[8]
• 1983: Man of Flowers – Cleaning Lady ^{[af 2]}
• 1986: Cactus – Pedestrian ^{[af 3]}
• 1991: A Woman's Tale – Don's Wife ^[9]
• 2000: Innocence – Restaurant Owner ^[2]
• 2002: Till Human Voices Wake Us – Mrs. Sarks ^[10][11]
• 2004: One Perfect Day – Bag Lady ^[12][2]
• 2009: Damned by Dawn – Nana O'Neill ^{[ah 1]}
• 2009: Prey ^[13] – Kora ^{[ah 2]}
• 2015: Force of Destiny – Visitor ^[14]
• 2017: Deep Storage (short) – Millie ^[15]
• 2020: The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee – Old Lady Trolley ^[16]
• 2020: The Dry – Gran ^[1]
• 2024: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Corpse Minder (final screen role) ^[1]

Television

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Dawn Klingberg television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1964–1966	Homicide	Edna Malone / Dawn Kirby / Beryl Dunn	3 episodes	[6]
1979–1985	Prisoner: Cell Block H	Woman / Officer Edwards (uncredited) / Ellen / Jen / Mrs. Graham	20 episodes	[2][17]
1984	Special Squad	Unknown	Episode: "Until Death"	[18]
1990–2013	Neighbours	Vera Carmichael / Nell Woodrow / Ingrid Farah	4 episodes	[19]
1993	Snowy	Old Woman (as Dawn Clinberg)	TV miniseries	[20]
1993	Phoenix	Yvonne	1 episode
1995	Halifax F.P.	Homeless Woman	Episode: "The Feeding"	[21]
1997	The Ripper	Old woman	TV movie	[22]
1997–2004	Blue Heelers	Mrs. Mundy / Gwen Kinnear / Grandma Kenny	3 episodes	[23][24][25]
1998	SeaChange	Mrs. Cynthia Fitzwalter	1 episode	[26]
1998	State Coroner	Gwen Smith	1 episode	[27]
1998	Stingers	Pearl Gallagher	1 episode	[28]
1999, 2000	The Lost World	Old Woman / Woman	2 episodes	[29][30]
2000	Dogwoman: A Grrrl's Best Friend	Pearl	TV movie	[31]
2001	BeastMaster	Crone (as Dawn Klingburg)	Episode: "Destiny" (S3.E8)	[7][32]
2007	City Homicide	Sharon Finnegan	Episode: "The Ripe Fruits In The Garden"	[33]
2010	Bed of Roses	Evelyn Longbottom	1 episode	[1]
2012	Outland	Mrs. Reynolds	1 episode	[34]
2015	Childhood's End	Elderly Nun	TV miniseries	[35]

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