Sally McCormack

Sally McCormack is a British puppeteer, actress, and teacher who is known for doing television, stage, and film for years. She performed Why Bird for a national tour of Playdays Live on Stage and has also served as an additional performer for the Frank Oz film Little Shop of Horrors. Sally's other live shows include MacBeth, Hound of the Baskervilles in Leatherhead, and The Importance of Being Earnest. As for television, McCormack appeared on Angels, Likin' Hitler, Plastic Man, and more while film put her in Pinewood and Driven. It's a shame she hasn't done a lot of puppetry over her years in show business but at least she worked with several Muppet performers on Little Shop of Horrors. Currently she a part of a workshop known as Matrix Realms which has done school workshops, live shows, testimonials, and armchair theatres. Other puppeteers Sally McCormack worked with include Sue Monroe, David Greenaway, Phil Eason, and Marcus Clarke, to name a few. She must have felt very excited to perform under the direction of Frank Oz for that one film. She's probably still performing for theatre, television, and film today, you never know. I hope that one day Sally will meet up with some of the Little Shop of Horrors performers for a reunion or something. McCormack should've performed on Labyrinth since it was also shot in the UK and it featured many performers from Little Shop. But she was probably way too busy with something else to puppeteer in that film. I'm sure she'll try puppetry again someday, but it might take some time before that happens or it probably won't happen at all. Sally McCormack, you've done wonderful on stage and screen over the years. I hope you're still performing today because every person should know that you're still active. Keep on being a part of the Matrix Realms team teaching kids how to perform. Until then, never stop performing Sally. You're a like a queen McCormack!

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