Markie Post
Markie Post grew up in Walnut Creek, California and began her career with films and TV shows, like Card Sharks (1978) and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and continued to produce such projects as Double Dare (1976) and appeared on such TV shows like 1st to Die (2003), E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). She was perhaps best known for her character "Christine Sullivan" as the Night Court star (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she appeared in 156 shows. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is an accomplished poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918-April 7, 2015). Alongside her second husband Michael A. Ross, she had two children: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1986) and Daisy Ross (30 March 1990). Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up near Walnut Creek, California. As an athletics coach, she attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek. Earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon. She was the trick roper in The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986). The ashes of her were returned to Michael A. Ross, her husband. She was a long-time Democrat. Markie Post died three months after her 71st birthday, on August 7, 2021. She died 27 days after her fellow Night Court (1984) co-star Charles Robinson, who passed away on July 11, 2021. While they were totally distinct shows, Night Court (1984), in which she was a co-star was cancelled in 1992, with Christine Sullivan leaving for Washington DC. Hearts Afire (1992) the show, in which Post was a new character Georgie lahti (who, incidentally, had worked in Washington DC before moving to a smaller area) was released in 1992.
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