Markie Post

Markie Post grew-up in Walnut Creek. She started her career as a film and TV producer, notably "The New Card Sharks", (1978) and "Card Sharks" (1986). She continued to produce projects such as Double Dare (1976), and was a guest on numerous television shows like E! True Hollywood Story (1996) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001). Perhaps she is most well-known for her performance in "Christine Sullivan" who was a Night Court star (1984). She was in the show's 156 episodes from 1984 until 1992. She was the daughter of Marylee (Armstrong) Post, poet, and noted nuclear physicist Richard Freeman Post (November 14 1918 - April 7 2015). Two daughters, Katie Ross (born June 26, 1987), and Daisy Ross (born on March 30 in 1990), were her second wedding to Michael A. Ross. Born in Palo Alto in California and was raised in Walnut Creek. As cheerleader, she attended Las Lomas High school in Walnut Creek. Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon awarded her a Bachelor of Arts degree. She was an act in The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986). Was cremated and her ashes returned to her husband Michael A. Ross. She was a lifetime Democrat. Markie Post died three months following her 71st Birthday, August 7, 2021. She died just 27 days after Charles Robinson, her Night Court (1984) co-star, who died on July 11 2021. Though the two shows are 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 being a character who was not her own Georgie, who had a chance to work in Washington DC (and later moving to a town that was smaller).