Markie Post played the role of a public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Scene” and appeared regularly on TV for four years. He has died. She is 70 years old.
Post manager Ellen Lubin Sanitsky said that Post died in Los Angeles on Saturday after battling cancer for many years.
Post is a long-time TV frequent. He has appeared in shows from “Cheers” to “Frosted.” But she is best known for her seven season performances in NBC’s “Night Show”, a Manhattan Municipal Court sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1992 and played by Harry Anderson as Judge Harry T. Stone .
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Post became a full-time actor of “Night Show” in the third season, playing Christine Sullivan, a sincere and strong-willed woman who has always been John Larroquette’s feminine and narcissistic A foil by the prosecutor Dan Fielding.
Through a comedy retort, Post’s Christine diverts Fielding’s lust throughout the series. Although the unrealized love affair between Christine and Harry is often teased, “Night Show” ended with Fielding’s realization that the public defendant was the love of his life.
In recent years, several co-stars of Post’s “Night Show” have passed away. Harry Anderson passed away in 2018 at the age of 65. In July, Charles Robinson, who played the clerk Mac, died at the age of 75. NBC is currently developing a sequel to the series.
Post has two daughters with her second husband, TV producer and writer Michael A. Ross. In a statement, her family said: “In addition to acting, we are also proud of who she is; one who makes cakes for friends, sews curtains for the first apartment, and shows us how to work in a often harsh environment. People who show kindness, love, and tolerance in the world.”
Post started working on the TV behind the camera, working for the production team of the game shows “Double Dare” and “Card Sharks.” Her first regular role in the series was in the Lee Majors action-adventure series “The Fall Guy”, in which she played Terri Michaels from 1982 to 1985.
Post’s other credits include playing Cameron Diaz’s mother in “There’s Something About Mary”; Elliot Reid’s mother in “Scrub”; and appearing on the show “The Boat of Love” “, “A-Team” and “Fantasy Island”. While undergoing chemotherapy, Post starred in the life-long movie “Christmas Reservations” and guest-starred in the ABC TV series “The Kids Are Very Good.”
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