Marjorie Armstrong Post (born November 4, 1950) is an American
actress, known for her roles as bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in The
Fall Guy on ABC from 1982 to 1985, as public defender Christine
Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1985 to 1992, and as
Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire from 1992 to
1995.Born in Palo Alto, California, Post is the daughter of scientist
Richard F. Post and Marylee Post, a poet. The second of the couple's
three children, she and her two siblings were raised in Stanford and
Walnut Creek, and attended Las Lomas High School where she was a
cheerleader. She attended Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, and briefly
Pomona College in California, before returning to earn her bachelor of
arts degree from Lewis & Clark.Prior to acting, Post worked on several
game shows. She began her career with the production crew of the Tom
Kennedy version of Split Second. She also served as associate producer
of Alex Trebek's Double Dare and as a card dealer on the NBC Jim Perry
version of Card Sharks. Post often was a celebrity player on various
game shows, including Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour, Pyramid and
Password.Her early acting credits include the pilot episode of Simon &
Simon "Details at Eleven" in 1981, episode one of season two of The
Greatest American Hero, two episodes of The A-Team as two different
characters in the 1983 episode "The Only Church in Town" and the 1984
episode "Hot Styles," and The Love Boat. She appeared in the science
fiction series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and as Diane Chambers'
best friend in the sitcom Cheers, before eventually becoming a regular
on the ABC action drama The Fall Guy. After The Fall Guy, she played
Christine Sullivan on the 1980s television comedy series Night Court
from the third season until the show's end. She played Georgie Anne
Lahti Hartman on the comedy series Hearts Afire, co-starring John
Ritter. Post has also had regularly recurring guest star roles on The
District and on Scrubs as the mother of Dr. Elliot Reid.
actress, known for her roles as bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in The
Fall Guy on ABC from 1982 to 1985, as public defender Christine
Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1985 to 1992, and as
Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire from 1992 to
1995.Born in Palo Alto, California, Post is the daughter of scientist
Richard F. Post and Marylee Post, a poet. The second of the couple's
three children, she and her two siblings were raised in Stanford and
Walnut Creek, and attended Las Lomas High School where she was a
cheerleader. She attended Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, and briefly
Pomona College in California, before returning to earn her bachelor of
arts degree from Lewis & Clark.Prior to acting, Post worked on several
game shows. She began her career with the production crew of the Tom
Kennedy version of Split Second. She also served as associate producer
of Alex Trebek's Double Dare and as a card dealer on the NBC Jim Perry
version of Card Sharks. Post often was a celebrity player on various
game shows, including Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour, Pyramid and
Password.Her early acting credits include the pilot episode of Simon &
Simon "Details at Eleven" in 1981, episode one of season two of The
Greatest American Hero, two episodes of The A-Team as two different
characters in the 1983 episode "The Only Church in Town" and the 1984
episode "Hot Styles," and The Love Boat. She appeared in the science
fiction series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and as Diane Chambers'
best friend in the sitcom Cheers, before eventually becoming a regular
on the ABC action drama The Fall Guy. After The Fall Guy, she played
Christine Sullivan on the 1980s television comedy series Night Court
from the third season until the show's end. She played Georgie Anne
Lahti Hartman on the comedy series Hearts Afire, co-starring John
Ritter. Post has also had regularly recurring guest star roles on The
District and on Scrubs as the mother of Dr. Elliot Reid.
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