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.
Early life and education McCormick was born in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1965, she graduated from Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania She attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she graduated in 1969.
Career McCormick originated the role of "Gilmer" in the first New York production of Godspell. She appeared 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. Her stage solo "Learn Your Lessons Well" was not included in the movie version, but it can be heard on the 1971 off-Broadway cast recording. Her later film appearances include the Burt Reynolds comedy Starting Over (1979) and the TV movie The Burning Bed (1984), starring Farrah Fawcett.
Filmography Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1972SquaresChase Lawrence1972Slaughterhouse-FiveLily Rumfoord1973GodspellGilmer1979Starting OverStephanie1984Silent Night, Deadly NightSister Margaret1999A Journey in FaithSelf
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1970NET PlayhousePrincess ThuljaEpisode: "The Ceremony of Innocence"1974CBS Daytime 90Susan BanksEpisode: "The Guest Room"1976The Adams ChroniclesMarian Hooper AdamsEpisode: "Chapter XII: Henry Adams, Historian"1981Hill Street BluesMaureen MacafeeEpisode: "Double Jeopardy"1982American PlayhouseGrape-buying womanEpisode: "Working"1984The Burning BedSalespersonTelevision film1985I Had Three WivesEpisode: "You and I Know"
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