Markie Post

**Marjorie Armstrong "Markie" Post** (born on November 4, 1950 in Palo Alto, CA - died on August 7, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA) is an American actress, Model, and TV personality. She is best known to TV audiences as bail bondswoman Terri Michaels on ABC's *The Fall Guy* (1982-1985), (her most notable role) public defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom *Night Court* (1985-1992), and Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the CBS sitcom *Hearts Afire* from (1992-1995)

## Early life

Born in Palo Alto, California, Post is the daughter of scientist Richard F. Post and Marylee Post. She grew up in Walnut Creek, California, and attended Las Lomas High School where she was a cheerleader. She later earned her Bachelor of Arts from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

## Career

Prior to acting, Post worked on several game shows. She began her career with the production crew of the Tom Kennedy version of *Split Second* as well as serving as associate producer of Alex Trebek's *Double Dare* and as one of the card dealers on the Jim Perry version of *Card Sharks*. Markie also appeared as a frequent celebrity player on various game shows, including *Pyramid* and *Super Password*. She also appeared on a 1994 Celebrity episode of *Jeopardy!* alongside actors David Hyde Pierce and Tim Matheson.

Her early acting credits include the pilot episode of *Simon & Simon* "Details at Eleven" in 1981, two episodes of *The A-Team* as two different characters in the 1983 episode "The Only Church in Town" and the 1984 episode "Hot Styles", respectively.

She also appeared in the science fiction series *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* and as Diane Chambers' best friend on the NBC sitcom *Cheers* (where her future co-star Harry Anderson frequently guest starred on), before eventually landing the role of Terri Michaels on the ABC action drama *The Fall Guy*.

After *The Fall Guy*, Markie moved on to playing probably her most notable role to TV audiences: Public Defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom *Night Court*. She first appeared in a guest starring role during the show's second season before becoming a series regular from the third season all the way to the series' end in 1992.

From there, she played Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the comedy series *Hearts Afire*, co-starring alongside *Three's Company* star and comedian John Ritter. Post has also had regularly re-occurring guest star roles on *The District* and on *Scrubs* as the mother of Dr. Elliot Reid.

Film credits include *There's Something About Mary* (1998), in which she played the mother of Cameron Diaz's character. She played a call girl and dominatrix in the 1988 TV movie
*Tricks of the Trade* opposite *Laverne & Shirley* star Cindy Williams, and a singer in *Glitz* with Jimmy Smits, based on a novel by Elmore Leonard.

She also had a starring role in NBC's 1995 movie *Visitors in the Night*. Markie also appeared in the 1997 TV movie *Survival on the Mountain*. She worked on the comedy movie *Cook Off!* as Christine Merriweather.

She also shared a mini *Night Court* reunion with former co-stars Harry Anderson and Charles Robinson in an episode of *30 Rock* titled "The One With the cast of Night Court", staging a mock reunion of the *Night Court* cast.

Post also lends her voice to the character of June Darby on the animated series *Transformers: Prime*.

## Personal life

Markie was married to actor and writer Michael A. Ross from 1982 until her death and has two daughters. Post was previously married to Stephen Knox from 1971 until 1972, whom she met at Lewis and Clark College.

During Bill Clinton's years in the White House, a tabloid published a photograph of Post hand in hand with TV producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason jumping up and down on what appears to be President Abraham Lincoln's bed while on an overnight stay at the White House.

Post had been diagnosed with cancer under four years before her death. On August 7, 2021, at her home in Los Angeles, California. She died from cancer as a result at the age of 70. Post died 27 days after the passing of her former *Night Court* co-star Charles Robinson (Macintosh "Mac" Robinson) on July 11, 2021, who died from cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failure due to septic shock and metastatic adenocarcinoma, a type of glandular cancer, at age 75.

## Gallery

B&W headshot photo of Markie from the 1980s80s modeling photo of MarkieB&W publicity photo of Markie on the set of *Night Court*Markie's title card of her first season of *Night Court*Another 80s B&W modeling shot of MarkieMarkie in one of her many TV appearances: *The Love Boat*