Markie Post, an actress known for her roles on sitcoms like Night Court and Hearts Afire, died Saturday. She was 70.
Per our sister site Deadline, Post had been ill with cancer for nearly four years.
Post played Manhattan Municipal Court public defender Christine Sullivan in NBC’s Night Court, first appearing in Season 2 and then becoming a series regular in Season 3. She stayed with the show through its ninth and final season finale.
She followed Night Court with Hearts Afire, CBS’ Washington, D.C. comedy about a liberal political reporter (Post) attracted to a conservative senator’s staffer (played by John Ritter).
Post’s early TV career includes some of the biggest series of the 1980s, including Hart to Hart, Simon & Simon, The Love Boat, Cheers, Fantasy Island and The A-Team. She also played The Fall Guy‘s bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in Seasons 2 through 4.
More recently, Post appeared in shows like Scrubs, Chicago P.D., Santa Clarita Diet and The Kids Are Alright. Her final role was in 2019, in an episode of Netflix’s Soundtrack. 30 Rock fans will remember that Post played herself in a Season 3 episode of that series in which Tracy arranged to have Night Court stars Harry Anderson and Post reprise their roles so that super fan Kenneth could see their characters marry.
Post is survived by her husband, Michael A. Ross; and daughters Kate Armstrong Ross and Daisy Schoenborn. In a statement, Post’s family said “… 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.”
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:29 am Post subject:
Damn, she and Mac went about a month apart. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
She was great on the Dick Clark late 80s Pyramid shows, the 25K one. She was on there all the time and broke the cuteness meter. She was good at the show, their celebs were either very good or turrible. Nipsey Russell was turrible tho he tried, you can't have someone who talks slow whether they're good at giving or answering clues or not. Anyway, RIP Mar-kie. Biz Markie and Markie both gone at the same time. 70 as well. Maybe one of the two Big Casinos? Cancer/Covid? _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:08 am Post subject:
Markie played the "Girl Next Door" type of character. Night Court had a cast that was near perfect. I don't see a flaw. My favorite character was Bull (Charles Richard Moll) OooooTay! I think Markie was the last living member of Night Court. RIP _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Markie played the "Girl Next Door" type of character. Night Court had a cast that was near perfect. I don't see a flaw. My favorite character was Bull (Charles Richard Moll) OooooTay! I think Markie was the last living member of Night Court. RIP
No John Laroquette, Marsha Warfield and Richard Moll are still alive.
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 6:42 pm Post subject:
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jodeke wrote:
Markie played the "Girl Next Door" type of character. Night Court had a cast that was near perfect. I don't see a flaw. My favorite character was Bull (Charles Richard Moll) OooooTay! I think Markie was the last living member of Night Court. RIP
No John Laroquette, Marsha Warfield and Richard Moll are still alive.
Maybe he’s confusing her with Tina Louise who is the last surviving castaway from Gilligan’s Island. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 7:42 pm Post subject:
Basketball Fan wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Markie played the "Girl Next Door" type of character. Night Court had a cast that was near perfect. I don't see a flaw. My favorite character was Bull (Charles Richard Moll) OooooTay! I think Markie was the last living member of Night Court. RIP
No John Laroquette, Marsha Warfield and Richard Moll are still alive.
Damn, I had totally forgotten that Harry Anderson is no longer with us.
Markie played the "Girl Next Door" type of character. Night Court had a cast that was near perfect. I don't see a flaw. My favorite character was Bull (Charles Richard Moll) OooooTay! I think Markie was the last living member of Night Court. RIP
No John Laroquette, Marsha Warfield and Richard Moll are still alive.
Maybe he’s confusing her with Tina Louise who is the last surviving castaway from Gilligan’s Island.
He could be conflating different shows to the point that he's imagining Laroquette in Mary Ann's hip-hugger shorts.
Laroquette made it a long way from "Opening monologue narrator of Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1". Auspicious beginnings.
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 7:25 pm Post subject:
Basketball Fan wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Markie played the "Girl Next Door" type of character. Night Court had a cast that was near perfect. I don't see a flaw. My favorite character was Bull (Charles Richard Moll) OooooTay! I think Markie was the last living member of Night Court. RIP
No John Laroquette, Marsha Warfield and Richard Moll are still alive.
Good to know. I thought I'd read Richard Moll had passed. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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