Markie Post Dies: Actress Known For ‘Night Court’, ‘The Fall Guy’ & More Was 70
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Markie Post, the actress known for turns in Night Court, The Fall Guy, Hearts Afire and more, died on Saturday, following a three year, ten month battle with cancer. She was 70.
Post’s manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, confirmed her passing to Deadline.
Born on November 4, 1950 in Palo Alto, California, Post got her start in entertainment by working behind the scenes on game shows, including Split Second, earning an associate producer credit on Alex Trebek’s Double Dare, and appearing before the camera as a card dealer on NBC’s Card Sharks.
Her first acting credits came in 1979, with appearances on episodes of CHiPs, Barnaby Jones, The Incredible Hulk, The Lazarus Syndrome, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Hart to Hart.
She’d later appear in series such as The Love Boat, Cheers, Fantasy Island and The A-Team, before landing the role of bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in ABC’s The Fall Guy. She appeared in 65 episodes of that action drama between 1982 and 1985.
Post was also a series regular on NBC’s Night Court, portraying public defender Christine Sullivan for 159 episodes between 1985 and 1992. She also drew notice with her turn as Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman in Hearts Afire, the CBS sitcom, in which she starred opposite John Ritter.
Later in her career, Post recurred on Scrubs, as the mother of Dr. Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke), in addition to Chicago P.D. and other series, portraying herself in a 2008 episode of 30 Rock.
On the film side, Post was perhaps best known for playing the mother of Cameron Diaz’s Mary in Peter and Bobby Farrelly’s classic 1998 comedy, There’s Something About Mary.
Post was determined to keep pursuing acting as “a side job”, even as she got sick. Between chemo treatments, she worked on projects such as Lifetime Christmas movie Four Christmases and a Wedding and ABC series The Kids Are Alright.
“But for us, our pride is in who she was in addition to acting; a person who made elaborate cakes for friends, sewed curtains for first apartments and showed us how to be kind, loving and forgiving in an often harsh world,” her family said in a statement.
Post is survived by her husband, writer Michael A. Ross; daughters, actress Kate Armstrong Ross and Daisy Schoenborn; son-in-law Bryce Schoenborn and her and Michael’s five-month-old granddaughter.
Plans for a memorial are being made, though specific details as to a time and place have not yet been disclosed.
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1981 Gangster Wars Chris Brennan Film debut
1998 Behind the Zipper with Magda Sheila Jensen Short film
1998 There's Something About Mary Mary's mom
2007 Cook Off! Christine Merriweather Released in 2017
2014 Muffin Top: A Love Story Linda
2017 Sweet Sweet Summertime Lila Burns
2017 Camp Cool Kids Euginia
2017 Four Christmases and a Wedding Anna Taylor TV movie
2018 Keep the Gaslight Burning Mrs. Maxwell Short film
2019 Christmas Reservations Tay Griffin TV movie
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1979 CHIPs Roberta television debut
Episode: "Rally 'Round the Bank"
1979 Barnaby Jones Linda Woods Episode: "Master of Deception"
1979 The Incredible Hulk Pamela Norris Episode: "The Confession"
1979 The Lazarus Syndrome Lauren Place Episode: "A Brutal Assault"
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Joella Cameron 2 episodes
1979 Hart to Hart Sandy Episode: "Cop Out"
1980 B.J. and the Bear Valerie Wood Episode: "Siege"
1980 House Calls Linda Episode: "A Slight Case of Quarantine"
1980 Eight Is Enough Kerry Episode: "The Commitment"
1980 Semi-Tough Barbara Jane Bookman 4 episodes
1981 The Gangster Chronicles Chris Brennan Television Miniseries; 13 episodes
1981 The Greatest American Hero Deborah Dante Episode: "The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fast Ball"
1981 Simon & Simon Carolyn Perry Episode: "Details at Eleven"
1981 McClain's Law unknown "Requiem for a Narc"
1982 Code Red unknown Episode: "Wildfire"
1982 Massarati and the Brain Julie Ramsdell Television Movie
1982 Not Just Another Affair Jan Thacker Television Movie
1982–1983 The Love Boat Doris Holden/Dee Dee/Donna Baker 2 episodes
1982–1985 The Fall Guy Terri Michaels series regular; 64 episodes
1983 Six Pack Sally Leadbetter Television Movie
1983 Matt Houston Courtney Garner Episode: "A Novel Way to Die"
1983 Cheers Heather Landon Episode: "Just Three Friends"
1983 The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour Herself 5 episodes
1983 Go Herself 5 episodes
1983–1984 Fantasy Island Amy Marshall/Doreen Murphy 2 episodes
1983-1984 The A-Team Rina/Leslie Becktall/Sister Teresa 2 episodes
1983-1988 The New $25,000 Pyramid Herself recurring role; 80 episodes
1984 Glitter Barbara Nelson Episode: "Pilot"
1984 Scene of the Crime Courtney Hollander Episode: "Pilot"
1984 Body Language Herself 5 episodes
1984–1985 Hotel Anne Crowley/Jill Stanton 2 episodes
1984–1992 Night Court Christine Sullivan series regular; 159 episodes
1985 The $25,000 Pyramid Herself 5 episodes
1985–1987 Super Password Herself recurring role; 20 episodes
1986 Triplecross Delia Langtree Television Movie
1988 Glitz Linda Moon Television Movie
1988 Tricks of the Trade Marla Television Movie
1988 Blackout Herself 5 episodes
1991 Stranger at My Door Sharon Dancey Television Movie
1992–1995 Hearts Afire Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman series regular; 54 episodes
1993 Beyond Suspicion Joyce Television Movie
1994 Someone She Knows Laurie Philips Television Movie
1995 VR.5 Alexis Miller Episode: "The Many Faces of Alex"
1995 Visitors of the Night Judith English Television Movie
1996 Chasing the Dragon Gwen Kessler Television Movie
1996 Dave's World Lisa McCauley Episode: "Falling"
1997 Dog's Best Friend Horse Television Movie; voice role
1997 Survival on the Mountain Amy Hoffman Television Movie
1998 I've Been Waiting for You Rosemary Zoltanne Television Movie
1999-2000 Odd Man Out Julia Whitney series regular; 13 episodes
2000 Twice in a Lifetime Nancy Waldron/Peggy McIntrye Episode: "It's a Hard Knock Life"
2000 Hollywood Squares Herself 5 episodes
2001 Till Dad Do Us Part Virginia Corbett Television Movie
2001 Late Boomers unknown Television Movie
2002–2006 Scrubs Lily Reid 3 episodes
2003–2004 The District Audrey Livingston/Simone Fairgate/Audrey Livermore 2 episodes
2006 Ghost Whisperer Diana Lassiter Episode: "The Woman of His Dreams"
2007 Holiday in Handcuffs Mom Chandler Television Movie
2008 30 Rock Herself Episode: "The One with the Cast of Night Court"
2010 Backyard Wedding Aunt Addie Television Movie
2010–2013 Transformers Prime June Darby series regular; 15 episodes; voice role
2011 Man Up Linda Episode: "Acceptance"
2013 Back in the Game Dotty Episode: "Play Hard or Go Home"
2013 Christmas on the Bayou Lilly Television Movie
2014 Rack and Ruin Betsy 5 episodes
2014–2017 Chicago P.D. Barbara "Bunny" Fletcher recurring role; 18 episodes
2015 Rack and Ruin Web Series Betsy Television Movie
2017 The Joneses Unplugged Tawney Television Movie
2018 Santa Clarita Diet Becky Episode: "Coyote in Yoga Pants"
2018–2019 The Kids Are Alright Helen Portollo 4 episodes
2019 Soundtrack Joanna's Mom Track 2: Joanna and Nellie
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