14 Facts About Beverly Crusher

Beverly Crusher is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise played by Gates McFadden.

Beverly Crusher was replaced by the louder, more opinionated Dr Katherine Pulaski.

Beverly Crusher was very self-conscious about her bright red hair, and at the age of 13, attempted to dye it dark with disastrous results.

Beverly Crusher admits to Data later, in the episode "Offspring", that she was often ridiculed, unpopular in school, and it had been very painful for her.

Beverly Crusher admits that it brought back painful memories of those years when she saw her son Wesley going through similar ridicule as a child.

Beverly Crusher attended Starfleet Academy from 2342 to 2350 during which she attended medical school.

Beverly Crusher graduated top of her class and married Jack in 2348.

Beverly Crusher had been called "the Dancing Doctor" when she was at the academy because she had won multiple awards at a dance competition in St Louis, Missouri.

At the beginning of the series, Picard and Dr Beverly Crusher have not seen or heard from each other since Jack's death.

Beverly Crusher sends a message to Jean-Luc requesting help and gets severely injured when encountering an aggressive band of raiders.

Beverly Crusher is reunited with the rest of the Enterprise crew as they race to prevent the conspirators and their collaborators the Borg from further attacking Starfleet.

Beverly Crusher is promoted to the rank of Admiral, and Beverly Crusher and Picard see their son off as he joins Starfleet aboard the USS Enterprise-G.

In 2016, Beverly Crusher was ranked as the 20th most important character of Starfleet within the Star Trek science fiction universe by Wired magazine.

In 2019, SyFy Wire recommended Star Trek: Picard include Beverly Crusher, pointing out her long-time friendship with the titular character.