Markie Post

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her professional career as a film and TV producer, with projects like "The New Card Sharks", (1978) and "Card Sharks" (1986). Post produced projects such as Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous TV shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996), Electra Woman (2001), and Dyna Girl (2001). Her most notable TV role was that of "Christine Sullivan" in Night Court (1984). She was featured in the show's 156 episodes from 1984 to 1992. Marylee (Armstrong) Post was her mother. She is a noted poet and nuclear scientist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7, 2015.). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26 in 1987) and Daisy Ross (born on March 30, 1990) was her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up close to Walnut Creek in California. As an athlete, she was a part of Las Lomas High School located in Walnut Creek. She received her Bachelor of Arts at Lewis & Clark College, Portland Oregon. She performed a few trick roping in The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986). The ashes of her were returned to Michael A. Ross, her husband. She was a lifelong Democrat. Markie Post died three months after her 71st birthday on August 7 2021. She passed away 27 days following her fellow Night Court (1984) co-star Charles Robinson, who passed away on July 11, 2021. While the two shows were not related, Night Court (1984) was the final show to end with Christine Sullivan's character leaving for Washington DC. Hearts Afire (1992) began with Post as Georgie Lahti. Post was a new character in Hearts Afire (1992), and she later moved to a small community after her time in Washington DC.