Beverly Marsh

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Full Name	Beverly Marsh
Alias(es)	Bev Bevvy Beaverly
Origin	Stephen King's IT
Occupation	Student (formerly) Fashion Designer Member of The Losers Club
Powers / Skills	Cycling Skills Rock Throwing Slingshot Skills Fearlessness Romanticism
Hobby	Hanging out with her friends Being with Bill, later with Ben
Goals	To help the Losers Club defeat It (succeeded)
Family	Alvin Marsh (father-deceased) Elfrida Marsh (mother-deceased) Unnamed aunt (film) Tom Rogan (ex-husband-deceased in novel) Ben Hanscom (husband) {miniseries} Unnamed child with Ben (miniseries)
Friends / Allies	Bill Denbrough (love interest) Ben Hanscom (love interest, boyfriend-in movie) Mike Hanlon Eddie Kaspbrak Richie Tozier Stan Uris
Enemies	It/Pennywise the Dancing Clown Alvin Marsh Henry Bowers (deceased) The Bowers Gang Greta Keane Tom Rogan
Type of Hero	Bully Slaying Kid, In Love, Tomboy

“	I want to run towards something, not away.	„
	~ Beverly in It: Chapter One.

“	I'm not afraid of you!	„
	~ Beverly to It in the 2017 film.

Beverly "Bev" Marsh is one of the protagonists of Stephen King's horror novel, miniseries and film adaptation IT. She is the only female member of The Losers Club. As a child, she is bullied mercilessly for being a "slut" and is abused by her father.

As an adult, she marries an equally abusive and misogynistic man. She leaves him, though, when he attacks her with particular violence after she tells him she needs to return to Derry, secretly to help finish off It.  She is remarkably proficient with a slingshot and gravely wounds IT twice, the second time helping the Losers defeat the creature once and for all. She is the love interest of Bill Denbrough (they remain friends as adults) and of Ben Hanscom, whom she eventually becomes the girlfriend of.

In the 1990 TV miniseries 'It,' Beverly was played by Emily Perkins for the scenes when she is a young girl, and by Annette O'Toole (who also played Martha Kent) for the scenes when she is an adult.

In the 2017 theatrical film of 'It,' she is played by Sophia Lillis; who also portrayed Nancy Drew and Gretel. She is later played by Jessica Chastain as an adult in the 2019 sequel, who also played Mary Debenham in Murder on the Orient Express, and voiced Gia in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.

Biography

Early life

Beverly Marsh was born in 1946-1947 in the novel 1948-1949 in the miniseries, but was born on February 13, 1976 in the films. She is the daughter of Alvin and Elfrida Marsh, and Beverly was close to her mother until she succumbed to cancer, leaving her alone with her father. Alvin was abusive to Elfrida and Beverly, and in the 2017 film, it's implied that he is sexually attracted to her, and possibly molested her at one point. At school, she was bullied and called a 'slut' by girls, most notably by the Bowers Gang and Greta Keane.

11/22/63

After the events in 1958, she is with Richie, and both are dancing the "Hellzapoppin" and are mastering the art of "Lindy Hopping". While practicing for a talent show, they are approached by Jake Epping, who gives hints about his task. Afterward, Epping taught the two how to dance correctly, but the two meeting him was erased when Jake removes his mark on the past at the end of the novel.

Relationships

Friends and Allies

• Bill Denbrough - Love Interest, Friend and Ally
• Ben Hanscom - Love Interest and eventual boyfriend
• Mike Hanlon - Friend and Ally
• Richie Tozier - Friend and Ally
• Eddie Kaspbrak - Friend and Ally (deceased)
• Stan Uris - Friend and Ally (deceased)

Enemies

• It/Pennywise the Dancing Clown - Arch Enemy
• Henry Bowers - Bully and Enemy
• The Bowers Gang - Bullies and Enemies
• Alvin Marsh - Abusive Father and Enemy (deceased)
• Greta Keane - Bully and Enemy
• Greta's Friends - Bullies and Enemies
• Tom Rogan - Abusive Ex-Husband and Enemy (deceased in the novel)

Quotes

“	Which is it, Greta? Am I slut or a little twit? Make up your mind.	„
	~ Beverly to Greta.

“	Turn it off! TURN IT OFF!!	„
	~ Beverly to the group in the projection scene.

“	STOP! This is what it wants! To divide us!	„
	~ Beverly to the group on what It wants.

Gallery

Images

Ben and Beverly as kid in the IT miniseries

Ben and Beverly as adults in the IT miniseries

Beverly in It: Chapter One.

Beverly smoking in the girl's bathroom

Ben and Beverly

Beverly Marsh

Beverly and Ben as kids in IT Chapter One

Bill and Beverly as kids in IT Chapter One

Beverly and the other members of The Losers Club as adults

Adult Bev in It-Chapter Two.

Beverly being scared of Mrs. Kersh.

Trivia

• She is both the love interest of Bill and Ben who both kiss her in the 2017 film.
• She uses a slingshot to defeat It in the novel and in the miniseries but in the 2017 film, she beats It up and impales him with a rebar.
• She makes a cameo appearance in 11/22/63.

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