MARKIE POST

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Post was a longtime television regular who appeared in shows from "Cheers" to "Scrubs." But she was best known for her seven-season run as the public defender on NBC's "Night Court."

Markie Post known for roles on ‘Night Court,’ ‘Scrubs’ dead at 70 FILE PHOTO: Actress Markie Post, known for her roles on television shows “Night Court” and “Scrubs” has died at 70. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)Actress Markie Post, known for her roles on television shows “Night Court” and “Scrubs” has died at 70. >> Read more trending newsEllen Lubin Stanitsky, Post’s manager, confirmed her death Saturday night to The Hollywood Reporter. Her cause of death has not been released. 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 Elliot Reid.

Obit-Markie Post Actress Markie Post arrives at the Spike TV "Guys Choice" award show in Los Angeles, Friday, May 30, 2008. Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court” and was a regular presence on television for four decades, has died. Post's manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, said Post died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021 after a years-long battle with cancer. Post's manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, said Post died Saturday in Los Angeles after a years-long battle with cancer. But she was best known for her seven-season run on NBC's “Night Court," the Manhattan municipal court sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1992 and starred Harry Anderson as Judge Harry T. Stone.

Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court” and was a regular presence across several decades of television, has died.

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