Markie Post

Markie Post was born in Walnut Creek, California. She started her career in productions for television and film such as "Card Sharks" (1978) or "The New Card Sharks” (1986). Later, she worked on projects like Double Dare (1976). She also has appeared in TV shows such as 1st to Die (2003) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman (2000). Perhaps her most famous TV role was as "Christine Sullivan" on Night Court (1984). She appeared in more than 156 episodes of the comedy from 1984 until 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, a poet, and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14, 1918 - April 7 15th, 2015). There were two daughters she had with her second husband Michael A. Ross: Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987) and Daisy Ross (born March 30, 1990). She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. She was an athlete at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon awarded her a Bachelor of Arts degree. She did some trick roping in The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986). She was cremated and her remains were returned to Michael A. Ross. She was a lifetime Democrat. Markie Post died three months after her 71st birthday on August 7 2021. She was 27 days away from Charles Robinson, Night Court (1984) as well as the co-star of which she passed away on July 11, 2020. Although the two shows were completely separate, Night Court (1984) was cancelled in 1992 when her character, Christine Sullivan, leaving for Washington DC, and Hearts Afire (1992) began later that year , with Post playing a new character Georgie, who happened to be working in Washington DC (and later moving to a smaller town).