Gilmer McCormick

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| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

| alma_mater = Carnegie Mellon University

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1970–1985

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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.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-16|title=Fright-Rags' SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT Collection Now Available|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/315377/fright-rags-silent-night-deadly-night-collection-now-available/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Dread Central|language=en-US}}

Early life and education

McCormich was born in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1965, she graduated from Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania[https://www.mcall.com/1993/02/19/godspells-first-gilmer-visits-alma-mater-backstage/ "Godspell's first Gilmer visits alma mater"], The Morning Call, February 19, 1993 She attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she graduated in 1969.{{cite web|url=https://iiif.library.cmu.edu/file/ALU_1971_000_000_09001971/ALU_1971_000_000_09001971.pdf|title=Carnegie Alumni News|page=9|access-date=January 7, 2024|date=September 1971}}

Career

McCormick 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.{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}} Her later film appearances included the Burt Reynolds comedy Starting Over (1979) and The Burning Bed (1984) starring Farrah Fawcett.