Markie Post

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Markie Post
Markie Post at the 1988 Emmy Awards
Born	Marjorie Armstrong Post November 4, 1950 (1950-11-04) (age 59) Palo Alto, California, United States
Occupation	Film, television actress
Years active	1975–present
Spouse(s)	Stephen Knox (divorced) Michael A. Ross (1982-present)

Marjorie Armstrong "Markie" Post (born November 4, 1950) is an American actress, best known for her 1985–1992 role as public defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court, and as bail bonds contractor Terri Michaels in The Fall Guy from 1982 to 1985.

Early life

Born in Palo Alto, California, Post is the daughter of scientist Richard F. Post who is well-known for his patents in the fields of nuclear fusion, particle accelerators, and electronic and mechanical energy storage. 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. She also served as associate producer of Alex Trebek's Double Dare and as a card dealer on the NBC Jim Perry version of Card Sharks.

Post often was a celebrity player on various game shows, at which she usually excelled; she was particularly proficient on Pyramid and Password.

Her early acting credits include 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 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 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 Sheila Jensen, 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 most recently worked on the comedy movie Cook Off! as Christine Merriweather. She appeared on an episode of 30 Rock playing herself when she, Harry Anderson, and Charles Robinson staged a mock reunion of Night Court.

Personal life

Post is married to actor and writer Michael A. Ross, and has two daughters. This is her second marriage. Her first marriage was to Stephen Knox, whom she met at Lewis and Clark College. During Bill Clinton's years in the White House, Post was photographed hand in hand with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason jumping up and down on President Lincoln's bed while on an overnight stay at the White House.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Markie Post at the Internet Movie Database
• Markie Post at TV.com