Beard has appeared in numerous stage and TV roles, but is best known as "Madge the Manicurist" in the Palmolive dishwashing liquid advertisements.
[1] She performed in a number of musicals and plays at the Phillip Street Theatre including Alice in Wonderland in 1959 and The Boy Friend in 1968.
[2] She appeared as Dormouse in the 1962 teleplay of Alice in Wonderland, alongside Noel Ferrier (Humpty Dumpty) and Chips Rafferty (White Knight).
[1] Beard is best known as 'Madge', the manicurist in the Australian and New Zealand advertisements, for Palmolive dishwashing liquid from 1968, with the slogan, "You're soaking in it".
[11] Beard first performed the role of Daisy Bates in the play, Tales of Kabbarli, by Geoffrey Sykes at 313 Theatre, Coniston, New South Wales in 2007.