Markie Post

Markie Post
Markie Post at the 1988 Emmy Awards
Born	Marjorie Armstrong Post November 4, 1950 (1950-11-04) (age 61) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Stephen Knox (divorced) Michael A. Ross (m. 1982–present) «start: (1982)»"Marriage: Michael A. Ross to Markie Post" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markie_Post)

Marjorie Armstrong "Markie" Post (born November 4, 1950^[1]) is an American actress, best known for her roles as bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in The Fall Guy on ABC from 1982 to 1985, as public defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1985 to 1992, and as Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire from 1992 to 1995.

Early life

Born in Palo Alto, California, Post is the daughter of scientist Richard F. Post. 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.^{[citation needed]}

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, including 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.^[2] 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.^[3] She played Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the comedy series Hearts Afire, co-starring John Ritter.^[4][5] Post has also had regularly re-occurring guest star roles on The District and on Scrubs as the mother of Dr. Elliot Reid.^[5]

Film credits include There's Something About Mary (1998), in which she played the mother of Cameron Diaz's character.^[6] 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.^[7] She also had a starring role in NBC's 1995 movie Visitors in the Night.^[8] She worked on the comedy movie Cook Off! as Christine Merriweather. She appeared in the 30 Rock episode "The One with the Cast of Night Court" playing herself when she, Harry Anderson, and Charles Robinson staged a mock reunion of the Night Court cast.^[9]

Post does the voice of June Darby for the animated series Transformers: Prime.

Personal life

Post is married to actor and writer Michael A. Ross, and has two daughters.^{[citation needed]} This is her second marriage. Her first marriage was to Stephen Knox, whom she met at Lewis and Clark College.^{[citation needed]} During Bill Clinton's years in the White House, a tabloid published a photograph of Post hand in hand with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason jumping up and down on President Abraham Lincoln's bed while on an overnight stay at the White House.^[10]

References

1. ^ "The Almanac". United Press International. 2009-11-04. http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/11/04/The-almanac/UPI-88221225787400/. 
2. ^ AP (1983-04-31). The Free Lance-Star. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FnUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s4sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2662,4642318&dq=markie-post&hl=en. 
3. ^ Carman, Jay (1986-06-05). "Markie Post like being the "Night Court" jester". Kentucky New Era. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0fYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GW0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2296,5045276&dq=markie-post&hl=en. 
4. ^ Moore, Frazier (1994-04-02). "Can you beat that? "Heart' Afire" is back". The Tuscaloosa News. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qzcdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vKUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4682,723041&dq=markie-post&hl=en. 
5. ^ ^{a b} AP (2002-03-21). "TV Topics". The Day. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QYMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ynMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2081,4005595&dq=markie-post&hl=en. 
6. ^ Maslin, Janet (1998-07-15). "There's Something About Mary (1998)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DE7D61131F936A25754C0A96E958260. 
7. ^ "Markie Post wants to do more movies". Ocala Star-Banner. 1988-10-20. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DysTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0AYEAAAAIBAJ&dq=markie%20post&pg=5509%2C2637171. 
8. ^ Bianculli, David (1995-11-27). "Post, great FX light up NBC's "Night Visitors"". Daily News (New York). http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/11/27/1995-11-27_post__great_fx_light_up_nbc_.html. 
9. ^ Labrecque, Jeff (2008-11-14). ""30 Rock":The Mad Hatter". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20240448,00.html.. 
10. ^ Noonan, Peggy. "American Caligula". The Wall Street Journal. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=95001280/. 

External links

• Markie Post at the Internet Movie Database
• Markie Post at AllRovi

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Name	Post, Markie
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Date of birth	1950-11-04
Place of birth	Palo Alto, California, U.S.
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