1968
Madge
Beard became familiar to Australian audiences as the manicurist in the television advertisement.
FLM.REDROBINA
BEARD
โรบินา เบียร์ด
A lifetime of movement and performance
From Australian stages and Madge to Edna in Insidious.
From dance to a familiar face on screen
Robina Beard is an Australian actor, dancer and choreographer whose work has crossed stage and television. Her career in performance grew from dance into acting, directing and teaching.
Australian television audiences came to know her as Madge the Manicurist in a long-running Palmolive dishwashing-liquid advertisement. The character became a familiar presence in households over many years.
Her contribution to the arts, particularly dance, was recognised with the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2011. That year she also received a lifetime achievement award at the Australian Dance Awards.
Beard plays Edna in Insidious: Out of the Further, adding a film role to a career that includes screen and stage performance. The film list below contains only titles currently available on FLM.RED, not her complete body of work.
A life in the performing arts
2011
Australian Dance Awards
She received the lifetime achievement award for her contributions to dance.
2026
Insidious: Out of the Further
She plays Edna in the supernatural horror film.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Robina Beard — official biography
- Wingecarribee Shire Council — Robina Beard
- Dance Australia — lifetime achievement
- IMDb — Robina Beard
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.