Gilmer McCormick
Born
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1970–1985
Children1

Gilmer McCormick is an American actress and singer best known for her performance in the stage and film versions of Godspell in the early 1970s and for her role as Sister Margaret in the 1984 horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night.[1]

Early life and education

McCormich was born in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1965, she graduated from Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh graduating in 1969.[2]

Career

McCormick was a part of the original off-Broadway cast of Godspell and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance. It was there that she met and married the music director and pianist for the show, Stephen Reinhardt. She was in two films, Squares (1972) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) before joining several of her fellow cast members in the 1973 film version of the musical Godspell. Her stage solo "Learn Your Lessons Well" was not included in the movie version, but it can be heard on the off-Broadway cast recording. Her later film appearances included the Burt Reynolds comedy Starting Over (1979) and The Burning Bed (1984) starring Farrah Fawcett.

McCormick was Associate Director of the Young Actors Space in Sherman Oaks, California with actor Patrick Day. She started teaching at the studio in 2003 and ended her association in 2010 upon her departure for her hometown, where she is the director in residence for the Eve Theater Company.

Personal life

McCormick married to Stephen Reinhardt, who has been a senior musical supervisor for Days of Our Lives, a daytime soap opera, for over two decades. They have one son. Their daughter, Eve, died from cancer in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1972 Squares Chase Lawrence
1972 Slaughterhouse-Five Lily Rumfoord
1973 Godspell Gilmer
1979 Starting Over Stephanie
1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night Sister Margaret
1999 A Journey in Faith Self

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1970 NET Playhouse Princess Thulja Episode: "The Ceremony of Innocence"
1974 CBS Daytime 90 Susan Banks Episode: "The Guest Room"
1976 The Adams Chronicles Marian Hooper Adams Episode: "Chapter XII: Henry Adams, Historian"
1981 Hill Street Blues Maureen Macafee Episode: "Double Jeopardy"
1982 American Playhouse Grape-buying woman Episode: "Working"
1984 The Burning Bed Salesperson Television film
1985 I Had Three Wives — Episode: "You and I Know"

References

  1. ↑ "Fright-Rags' SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT Collection Now Available". Dread Central. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Carnegie Alumni News" (PDF). September 1971. p. 9. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
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