Markie Post

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her first professional work was in film and television productions such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she produced such projects as Double Dare (1976). She also has appeared on television shows like 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most famous TV performance was as "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 until 1992 she was in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She was a noted poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her husband, Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26 1997) and Daisy Ross (born March 30 and died on March 30, 1990). Her birthplace was Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. Attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlete. She received her Bachelor of Arts at Lewis & Clark College, Portland Oregon. She was a trick roper on The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986). Her ashes were later returned home to Michael A. Ross, her husband. She was a lifetime Democrat. Markie Post died three months after her 71st Birthday on August 7, 2021. She died 27 days after Charles Robinson, her Night Court (1984) co-star who passed away on the 11th of July, 2021. While the two shows were not connected, Night Court (1984) concluded with Christine Sullivan's character moving to Washington DC. Hearts Afire (1992) started with Post as Georgie Lahti. Post was a new character in Hearts Afire (1992), and she later moved to a smaller community after her time in Washington DC.