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Markie Post, who played the public defender in the s sitcom "Night Court," has died at age 70 after a years-long battle with cancer.!
Post was best known for her role as Christine Sullivan on “Night Court.” She later had a recurring role on “Scrubs” as the mother of Sarah Chalke's character.
Markie Post
American actress (1950–2021)
Not to be confused with Marjorie Merriweather Post.
Marjorie Armstrong Post (November 4, 1950 – August 7, 2021), known professionally as Markie Post, was an American actress.
Her best known roles include bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in The Fall Guy on ABC from 1982 to 1985; public defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1985 to 1992; Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire from 1992 to 1995; and Barbara ‘Bunny’ Fletcher, the mother of Detective Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush), on the NBC drama series Chicago P.D. from 2014 to 2017.
Early life
Post was born in Palo Alto, California, on November 4, 1950.[1][2] Her father, Richard F. Post, worked as a physicist; her mother, Marylee (Armstrong) Post, was a poet.[3] The second of the couple's three children, she and her two siblings were raised in Stanford and Walnut Creek.
She attended Las Lomas High School