Ms. Post played a bail bondswoman on the show “The Fall Guy” in the 1980s and starred opposite John Ritter in the sitcom “Hearts Afire” in the 1990s.
Marquee Post, actress best known for her roles in the television series "Night Court" and "The Fall Guy" and the film "There's Something About Mary," died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles, spanning a career spanning four decades. Went. . She was 70 years old.
Her death was confirmed by her manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, who provided a statement from Ms Post's family stating that the cause of death was cancer.
Ms Post continued to work for nearly four years after her initial cancer diagnosis and during chemotherapy treatment, which she called her "side job", her family said.
Since her diagnosis, she had worked on a Lifetime Christmas movie and had a recurring guest appearance in the ABC series "The Kids Are Alright."
Miss Post became a television fixture in the 1980s.
She appeared in "The Love Boat," an action show about stuntmen played by Lee Majors, before landing a lead role in "The A-Team" and "Cheers" as a bailiff on "The Fall Guy." , who moonlights as a bounty hunter.
Her greatest success came on the sitcom "Night Court", when she was cast as Christine Sullivan, the charming and naive public defender who was played by Harry Anderson, against Judge Harry T. Stone had a romantic interest. However, the judge was not her only lover. So was Dan Fielding, the crappy prosecutor played by John Larroquet.
One of his co-stars on the show, Charlie Robinson, who played the practical court clerk, died last month at the age of 75.
In the 1990s, Ms. Post starred opposite John Ritter in the political sitcom "Heart's Affair", in which she played a former journalist who went to work as a press aide for a Southern senator. Her father was played by Ed Asner, who on Sunday paid tribute to Ms Post on Twitter.
Born on November 4, 1950 in Palo Alto, California, Ms. Post began her career working on game shows, writing questions for "Family Feud", winning prizes for "The Price Is Right" and "Split Second". to research for. "
"I learned to do more research on that game show than I did in four years of college," Ms Post said in an interview with Bill Tush on his show in the 1980s.
In 1998, Ms. Post was cast by the Farrelly brothers as Mary's midwife, the main character in "There's Something About Mary", played by Cameron Diaz.
Later in her career, Ms. Post's acting credits included "Scrubs" and "Chicago P.D.".
Ms Post's family consists of her husband Michael A. Ross is; and two daughters, Kate Armstrong Ross, an actress, and Daisy Schonborn, who said in her statement that Ms Post exemplified kindness.
She described Ms Post as "a person who made elaborate cakes for friends, sewed curtains for the first apartments and showed us how to be kind, loving and forgiving in an often harsh world."