Camryn Manheim
Acting
Biography
Camryn Manheim (born Debra Frances Manheim, March 8, 1961) is an American actress known for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's The Practice, Delia Banks on CBS's Ghost Whisperer, Gladys Presley in the 2005 miniseries Elvis, and "Control" on Person of Interest. In 1999, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Practice, and she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award. In 2005, she earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her work in the miniseries Elvis. Her breakthrough was her one-woman show "Wake Up, I'm Fat", which played off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company in 1994. She adapted the show into a book of the same name, which was published by Broadway Books in 1999. She worked for a while as a sign language interpreter at hospitals. Her knowledge of sign language was used on The Practice, in an episode of Law & Order, and in her role as a child behavioral psychologist in the movie Mercury Rising. In 2015, Manheim was in the Deaf West production of the musical Spring Awakening as Adult Women. The production, which had a cast composed half of hearing actors and half of deaf or hard-of-hearing actors, paired every deaf actor (who signed their lines in American Sign Language) with a hearing actor who said their lines verbally. Manheim voiced for deaf actress Marlee Matlin as well as signing her own dialogue in the parts of Frau Bergmann, Fräulein Großebüstenhalter, and Fräulein Knuppeldick. Her other television credits include Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal, Family Guy, Will & Grace, Boston Public, Two and a Half Men, The L Word, How I Met Your Mother, and Hannah Montana. Since 2022, she has been part of the main cast of the revival of Law & Order. Her film credits include Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Laramie Project, Scary Movie 3, Dark Water, and An Unfinished Life. In August 2019, she was elected secretary-treasurer of the SAG-AFTRA union. Manheim was elected to the secretary-treasurer position. She did not run for reelection in 2021, and was succeeded by Joely Fisher.
Born: March 8, 1961
Place of Birth: West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Jocelyn Tait
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Miss Connie
as Joyce McCarthy
as Principal McCarthy
as Detective Kate Dixon
as Anne-Marie
as Artemis
as Principal Baird
as Self - Special Guest
as Self
as Mrs. Grover
as Lieutenant Cosgrove
as Debora
as Self
as Ms. Meadows
as Balenda Thibodeau
as Debbie
as Sheila
as Bev
as Self
as Nancy
as Dr. Jane Wray
as Sam Barton
as Florie
as Group Leader
as Rescue Ronda (voice)
as Roxie Rosales
as Colleen
as Pamela Stephanowski
as Diane Claypool
as Control
as la patronne
as Ms. Wood
as A.D.A. Kim Mendelsohn
as Kim Mendelsohn
as Nurse Kim Daly
as Gloria
as Self - Guest
as Elizabeth Blue
as Barbara
as Self - Guest
as Margo
as Vicki Matters
as Tria (voice)
as Lisa Gobar
as Bev
as Delia Banks
as Carla Hines
as Ellen Pierce
as Nina
as Teacher
as Self - Restaurant Patron
as Gladys Presley
as Tria (voice)
as Lisa
as Veronica Bloom
as Trooper Champlin
as Daisy
as Self
as Rebecca Hilliker
as Nurse Vandemal
as Samantha 'Sam' Berger
as Suzanne Nabor
as Suzanne Nabor
as Ellenor Frutt
as June
as Alison
as Snow White
as Janet McFarland
as Self
as Kate Dixon
as Camryn Manheim
as Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
as Juliet (voice)
as Mrs. Basil
as Kristina
as Psychic Sue
as Mrs. Swensrut
as Dr. London
as Sister Sophia
as Ellenor Frutt
as Self
as Toby Walters
as Ellenor Frutt
as Gwen
as Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
as Pappa
as Self
as Single Woman
as Betty
as Virginia Cranehill
as Anita
as Poe Picketer
as Leila
as Kate Dixon
as Martha Rollins
as Beatrice Hines
as Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Presenter