Actress Markie Post, known for The Fall Guy and Night Court, dies aged 70 after battle with cancer
- Post racked up acting credits on television shows such as CHiPs, The Incredible Hulk, The Love Boat, Cheers, Fantasy Island and The A-Team
- On the big screen, Post played the mother of Cameron Diaz’s character Mary in There’s Something About Mary
Markie Post, the actress best known for roles in Night Court and The Fall Guy, has died after a nearly four-year battle with cancer. She was 70.
“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 to Deadline late on Saturday.
The California native began her career as an associate producer on Double Dare, hosted by the late Alex Trebek, then moved in front of the camera as a card dealer on NBC’s Card Sharks in the late 1970s.
Post racked up acting credits on television shows such as CHiPs, The Incredible Hulk, The Love Boat, Cheers, Fantasy Island and The A-Team before landing a series regular role in The Fall Guy, on which she played bail bondswoman Terri Michaels across from stars Lee Majors, Heather Thomas and Douglas Barr.
She followed that with NBC sitcom Night Court, starring as public defender Christine Sullivan in more than 150 episodes between 1985 and 1992.
Recent credits include Santa Clarita Diet and The Kids Are Alright.