Markie Post

**Marjorie Armstrong "Markie" Post** (born November 4, 1950-died August 7, 2021) was an American actress, known for her roles as bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in the ABC-TV series *The Fall Guy* from 1982 to 1985, as public defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC-TV sitcom series *Night Court* from 1985 to 1992, and as Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the CBS-TV sitcom series *Hearts Afire* from 1992 to 1995.

## Early life

Born in Palo Alto, California, Post is the daughter of scientist Richard F. Post and Marylee Post, a poet. The middle child, she and her two siblings were raised in Stanford and Walnut Creek, and attended Las Lomas High School, where she was a cheerleader. She attended Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, and briefly Pomona College in California, before returning to earn her bachelor of arts degree from Lewis & Clark.

## 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*. She also served as associate producer of Alex Trebek's *Double Dare* and as a card dealer on the NBC-TV Jim Perry version of *Card Sharks*. Post often was a celebrity player on various game shows, including the *Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour*, *$10,000 Pyramid* and *Password*.

Markie's 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" and *The Love Boat* respectively. She appeared in the science fiction series *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* and as Diane Chambers' best friend in the sitcom *Cheers*, before eventually becoming a regular on the ABC action drama *The Fall Guy*. After *The Fall Guy*, she played Christine Sullivan on the 1980s television comedy series *Night Court* from the third season until the show's end. She played Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the comedy series *Hearts Afire*, co-starring John Ritter. Post has also had regularly recurring 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 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*. She appeared as reporter Christine Merriweather in the 2007 improvisational comedy film (released in 2017) *Cook Off!*. She appeared in the *30 Rock* episode "The One with the Cast of Night Court" playing herself when she, Harry Anderson, and Charles Robinson staged a mock reunion of the *Night Court* cast.

Post was the voice of June Darby on the computer animated robot superhero TV series *Wikipedia:Transformers: Prime*. Since 2014, Post has appeared as a recurring character, "Bunny", on *Chicago P.D*.

## Personal life

Post was married to Stephen Knox, whom she met at Lewis & Clark College. She later married actor and writer Michael A. Ross, with whom she has two daughters.

Post died on August 7, 2021, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 70, and had been diagnosed with cancer almost four years earlier. Her death occured 27 days after the death of *Night Court* co-star Charles Robinson.

## References

1. ↑ "The Almanac", 2009-11-04.
2. ↑ "Markie Post Biography (1950-)". Film Reference. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Grant, James. "Though She Plays a Lawyer on Night Court, Markie Post Can't Help Feeling Guilty", *People*, 3 March 1986. Retrieved on 20 April 2015.
4. ↑ "'Fall Guy' stunt crash hurts nine", 1983-04-30.
5. ↑ Carman, Jay. "Markie Post likes being the 'Night Court' jester", 1986-06-05.
6. ↑ Moore, Frazier. "Can you beat that? 'Hearts Afire' is back", 1994-04-02.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "TV Topics", 2002-03-21.
Maslin, Janet. "There's Something About Mary (1998)", *The New York Times*, 1998-07-15.
9. ↑ "Markie Post wants to do more movies", 1988-10-20.
Bianculli, David. "Post, great FX light up NBC's 'Night Visitors'", 1995-11-27. Template:Dead link
11. ↑ Labrecque, Jeff. "'30 Rock': The Mad Hatter", *Entertainment Weekly*, 2008-11-14.
12. ↑ Markie Post - Cast- Backyard Wedding | Hallmark Channel
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14. ↑ Markie Post, ‘Night Court’ actress, dies at 70
15. ↑ Markie Post Dies: Actress Known For 'Night Court', 'The Fall Guy' & More Was 70 (August 8, 2021).

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