with a career that spanned over four decades it's hard to imagine that everyone doesn't
know who marky post is if you ever watched her on a sitcom there's a good chance you not only
remember her but you fell for her too because this beautiful and talented actress shone bright
on shows like the fall guy parts of fire and my personal favorite as christine sullivan on night
court marky post was relatable there was something about her that made you want to trust her and you
can trust me your host nostalgic nick to properly toast to marky post so just how did she go from
dealing cards on nbc's card sharks to becoming one of the biggest television sex symbols of the
80s and 90s let's find out a little more about the wonderful marquee post early life marky post was
born marjorie armstrong post on november 4th 1950 in palo alto california her father richard was a
nuclear physicist and her mother mary lee a poet she and her two siblings attended las lomas high
school in walnut creek california where marky was a cheerleader she then earned a bachelor of arts
degree from lewis and clark college in portland and now the education was done so it was time
for television just not in front of the camera quite yet game shows from the ball guy marquis
at the beginning of her career she worked behind the scenes on several game shows first as a member
of the production crew on tom kennedy's version of split second then in 1967 she earned an associate
producer credit for alex trebek's double dare before finally shuffling and dealing magic
as a card dealer on nbc's card sharks think along the lines of vanna white but with giant playing
cards instead of an e or s and as her career in front of the camera began in the early 80s
she transitioned from the production team of game shows to appearing as a contestant
she appeared on match game hollywood squares and super password and even helped a contestant win
the hundred thousand dollar grand prize in a november 1987 tournament episode of pyramid
cause marky seemingly always had good luck fall into success her first acting credit was in a
television movie called frankie and annette the second time around in 1978 it was a new hopeful
series pilot but it did not get a warm reception and frankie avalon and annette funicello would not
get a third time around but frankie would also be greece's teen angel that same year so at least he
was comforted by that 1979 welcomed guest spots on the most popular shows playing roberta on
chips and a season one two parter of buck rogers in the 25th century and we have an entire episode
devoted to that sci-fi adventure if you want to travel to the 25th century with us in 1980 she
completed all four episodes of the short-lived david hasselhoff show semi-tough as well as the
pilot episode for 1981 simon and simon and if you wanted to start a new show marky post was your gal
and the success rate of those shows was about to go up teaming up with lee majors in the fall guy
she joined this 6 million man vessel for season 2 and beyond playing terry michaels a bail bonds
woman who replaced big jack and this really is where america began to fall for this incredible
actress she appeared in 65 episodes from 1982 to 85 let us know in the comments what your favorite
bounty hunting episode was order in the court i finally met a guy that thinks that i'm interesting
and fun and he almost gets me executed marky's fall guy role led right into her next possibly
career defining role as christine sullivan in the wildly funny night court from 1984 until 92
she played a public defender who first appeared in season 2 but wasn't a recurring character until 3
transforming into a crowd favorite for the rest of the run christine was the romantic
interest for the lead character harry stone the mel tourmey loving judge and christine was so
charming as she dodged advances from dan fielding all along the way and we can't forget christine's
infatuation with princess dye the royal family or her collection of porcelain thimbles and we
remember these details because marky post was so dynamic so memorable night court ran for nine
seasons and racked up over 30 emmy nominations and yes of course we have a night court video as well
noting all the lesser-known details of our favorite nighttime courtroom post along with
some of the cast of night court appeared on the 2008 episode of 30 rock the one with the cast of
night court to finally give night court a proper finale and resolve the love triangle from the show
it was a fun way to see our favorite characters again i loved harry anderson asking tina fey if
there was any job openings at 30 rock hey are you with network uh how about if heroes had this new
character and his superpower was like close-up magic what outrageously funny even 15 years later
post's post career in 1992 marky co-starred with the one and only john ritter in the
political comedy hearts of fire what have you got in your mouth oh that's a cookie i found it
i need to tell you this but i think that's a dog biscuit it enjoyed three seasons until 95
and marquis georgie ann was sensational and she and ritter made one heck of a sizzling sexy sitcom
post called hearts of fire quote the best thing i had ever done the best scripts i had ever gotten
to do marky then appeared in the 1998 outrageous film comedy there's something about mary she
really was the perfect mother to cameron diaz you know in the flashback scenes when we got a
bleeder became the stuff of legends and nightmares then it was right back to tv playing the mom julia
whitney for the lone season of odd man out and i felt so sorry for andrew whitney must have been
really rough living with all those beautiful women and this brought her to her most recent television
mainstay part of the life-saving drama chicago pd she played barbara bunny fletcher for 18 episodes
for the first four seasons as sophia bush's mother but terribly markie post was diagnosed with cancer
the same year she concluded chicago pd in 2017 and of course it slowed her down but it did not stop
her she viewed her chemotherapy as just another job that she had to complete she would work on
projects when she wasn't receiving treatments always striving to keep a positive attitude
personal life marky pose was very involved with family she was kind attentive and always willing
to lend a helping hand when needed her first husband was actor stephen knox the couple met
during their time at lewis and clark college and were married in 1971 but that did not last long
and they were divorced a year later her second marriage was in 1982. the same year she began the
fall guy she wed michael a ross an actor producer and writer when asked about having kids in 1986
marky replied quote of course i'd like children but i have to get over my impression that being
pregnant is like popping corn you expand and expand until you pop well the following year
she got over her kernel of fear and michael and marky welcomed their first daughter katie
who has followed in her mother's footsteps and has become an actress and writer as well their
second daughter was born in 1990 but daisy tries to avoid the spotlight but is happily married with
a daughter of her own which means marky was a proud grandmother the beautiful marky post lost
her four-year battle with cancer on august 7 2021. she was 70 years old and died at her home in l.a
marky's chicago pd daughter sophia bush tweeted the following tribute she was a rock a light a
great friend and a phenomenal scene partner she brought sunshine everywhere she went marky's
family released the following statement 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 those are some beautiful
yet heart-wrenching words marky post made an impact on thousands of people with her work in tv
what's your favorite marquee moment from night court do you have a favorite non-night court roll
of hers maybe the fall guy or even her fantasy island guest appearances she commanded your
attention whenever she was on screen but now it's time for me to get off screen so if you enjoyed
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