Gilmer McCormick is an American

United States

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 actress and singer best known for her performance in the stage and film versions of Godspell

Godspell

Godspell is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since, including a 2011 revival now playing on Broadway...

in the early 1970s and for her role in the 1984 horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 slasher film produced by Ira R Barmak, directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. and starring Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Linnea Quigley, Britt Leach, and Leo Geter...

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Born in Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

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, Kentucky

Kentucky

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, she graduated from Moravian Academy

Moravian Academy

Moravian Academy, whose headmaster is George King, is a prekindergarten through 12th grade coeducational college preparatory school located in historic Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the United States...

 in Bethlehem

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 in 1965. She attended Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

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 in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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, and soon became involved in Godspell, co-starring with some of her fellow classmates. She was a part of the original off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

 cast. She was in two films, Squares (1972) and Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five (film)

Slaughterhouse-Five is a 1972 film based on Kurt Vonnegut's novel of the same name. The screenplay is by Stephen Geller and the film was directed by George Roy Hill. It stars Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, and Valerie Perrine, and features Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Holly Near, and Perry King. The...

(1972) before joining several of her fellow cast members in the 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.

She is married to Stephen Reinhardt, the associate musical supervisor for Days of Our Lives. They have two children.

McCormick is currently Associate Director of the Young Actors Space

Young Actors Space

Young Actors Space was established in 1979 by Diane Hill Hardin and Nora Eckstein in Los Angeles. This team was the first in the entertainment industry to establish a performing arts academy for young, working and aspiring actors. It is well known for being one of the best acting schools for...

 in Sherman Oaks, California with actor Patrick Day. She started teaching at the studio in 2003.

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