Beverly Marshall
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Shaunna O'Grady as Beverly Marshall (1990)
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| Portrayed by | Lisa Armytage (1987–1989) Shaunna O'Grady (1989–1990, 2005) |
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| Duration | 1987–1990, 2005 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 6 July 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 27 July 2005 | ||||||||||||
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Reg Watson (1987) Ric Pellizerri (2005) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Doctor | ||||||||||||
| Home | Perth | ||||||||||||
 Lisa Armytage as Beverly Marshall (1987)
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| Father | Rhys Marshall |
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| Sisters | Annette Landers |
| Husband | Jim Robinson (1988–1991) |
| Nephews | Todd Landers |
| Nieces | Katie Landers |
| Other relatives | Hope Gottlieb |
Beverly Marshall is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours. The character was originally played by Lisa Armytage and she made her first on-screen appearance on 6 July 1987. Shaunna O'Grady took over from Armytage and began playing the character from 16 March 1989 until her departure on 5 September 1990. Beverly is a doctor and was Jim Robinson's second wife. O'Grady reprised her role of Beverly in 2005 to help celebrate Neighbours' 20th anniversary, she made a cameo in Annalise Hartman's documentary on Ramsay Street.
Beverly Marshall was originally played by Lisa Armytage. Armytage quit the role in 1988 and the script writers decided to send the character off to a conference for a few months. This allowed them time to cast Shaunna O'Grady in the role. O'Grady took over the role of Beverly in 1989, after she successfully passed a screen test when she dropped into Grundys while passing through Melbourne. O'Grady has described taking over the role from Lisa Armytage as "very strange". On her experience of joining the cast she said "It really was fun, as I recall. Cast and crew were friendly, and we laughed a LOT". There was a notable difference between the two actresses, O'Grady was blonde while Armytage was a brunette. Of this O'Grady said "We don't look at all alike, obviously we aren't the same person and there's been no attempt to make me look like Lisa". She also added "I think I will just be recognised as a different actor and go from there".
When O'Grady's contract came up for renewal, the decision was taken not to renew it. O'Grady has said that she would still be in Neighbours now if it had been up to her. In 2005, O'Grady became one of many ex-cast members who made a return to Neighbours to appear in an episode celebrating the show's 20th anniversary.
On her arrival into Neighbours, Beverly was described has having an "intense and frequently difficult relationship with Jim Robinson". When Beverly saves Helen Daniels' (Anne Haddy) life, she earns Jim's "undying gratitude". Ruth Deller of television website Lowculture also commented on Jim and Beverly's relationship, saying "After a typical Ramsay Street start of hating each other's guts, he (Jim) married [...] Beverly Marshall, but they later divorced. Beverly became the show's first female character not to take her husband's name. Armytage explained Jim and Beverly's relationship, saying that Beverly was initially not interested in Jim. Armytage added that Jim is very defensive when they first meet and it takes a while before they start to relate to each other.
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