Markie Post

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She began her professional career as a TV and film producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978), and "Card Sharks," (1986). Post went on to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and has appeared on many television shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001) as well as Dyna Girl (2001). Her most memorable TV performance was as "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). From 1984 to 1992 , she played in 156 episodes. Marylee (Armstrong) Post is her daughter. She was a poet and a well-known nuclear physical scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 to April 7 15th, 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 the 30th of March, 1990) were born during her second marriage to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto, California and was raised in Walnut Creek. The school she attended was Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California; she was an athlete. The Bachelor of Arts degree at Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon. She performed trick roping at The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986). She was cremated and her remains were returned to her husband Michael A. Ross. She was a long-time Democrat. Markie Post passed away on August 7, 2021, just three months from what would have been her 71st birthday on November 4. She passed away 27 days after fellow Night Court (1984) co-star Charles Robinson, who passed died on July 11, 2021. Even though the two shows were completely separate, Night Court (1984) ended in 1992 , with her character, Christine Sullivan, leaving for Washington DC, and Hearts Afire (1992) was released in the same year, with Post being a character who was not her own Georgie Lahti. The character coincidentally worked in Washington DC (and later moving to a town that was smaller).