Camryn Manheim

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA, 1961-03-08

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Sudden Impact	Girl in Elevator (uncredited)	65
2	1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Poe Picketer	56
3	1994	The Road to Wellville	Virginia Cranehill	56
4	1995	Notes For My Daughter	Risa	0
5	1995	Deadly Whispers	Betty	49
6	1995	Jeffrey	Single Woman	63
7	1996	Rescuing Desire	Pappa	33
8	1996	Eraser	Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary	61
9	1997	David Searching	Gwen	54
10	1997	You Are Here	Singles Registry Woman	0
11	1997	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion	Toby Walters	62
12	1998	Fool's Gold	Patricia	0
13	1998	Wide Awake	Sister Sophia	55
14	1998	Mercury Rising	Dr. London	63
15	1998	Happiness	Kristina	75
16	1999	Joe the King	Mrs. Basil	60
17	1999	Jackie's Back!	Camryn Manheim	65
18	2000	The Loretta Claiborne Story	Janet McFarland	50
19	2000	East of A	Agatha	0
20	2000	What Planet Are You From?	Alison	55
21	2001	A Girl Thing	Suzanne Nabor	38
22	2001	Kiss My Act		55
23	2001	Jenifer	Nurse Vandemal	58
24	2002	The Laramie Project	Rebecca Hilliker	63
25	2003	Scary Movie 3	Trooper Champlin	60
26	2004	Twisted	Lisa	56
27	2005	The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses	Tria (voice)	63
28	2005	Dark Water	Teacher	57
29	2005	An Unfinished Life	Nina	68
30	2005	Snow Wonder	Bev	53
31	2006	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Lisa Gobar	58
32	2006	The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers	Tria (voice)	62
33	2006	Behind the Smile	Vicki Matters	10
34	2007	Slipstream	Barbara	49
35	2009	Jesse Stone: Thin Ice	Elizabeth Blue	68
36	2009	Love Hurts	Gloria	50
37	2010	The Pregnancy Pact	Nurse Kim Daly	51
38	2011	Just Peck	Ms. Wood	55
39	2011	Without Men	la patronne	40
40	2012	Camilla Dickinson	Pamela Stephanowski	20
41	2013	The Makeover	Colleen	55
42	2013	The Hot Flashes	Roxie Rosales	47
43	2014	Fort McCoy	Florie	48
44	2015	Return to Sender	Nancy	61
45	2015	Cop Car	Bev	59
46	2018	All About Nina	Debora	60
47	2020	The F**k-It List	Principal Baird	61
48	2020	Killing Eleanor	Anne-Marie	85
49	2022	Cruel Instruction	Miss Connie	68
50	2023	Sign the Show	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
4	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
5	1990	Law & Order	Leila	74
6	1990	Law & Order	Kate Dixon	74
7	1990	Law & Order	Martha Rollins	74
8	1990	Law & Order	Beatrice Hines	74
9	1994	Chicago Hope		72
10	1994	Touched by an Angel	Anita	72
11	1995	MADtv	Self	69
12	1997	The Practice	Ellenor Frutt	77
13	1997	The View	Self	45
14	1997	Ally McBeal	Ellenor Frutt	66
15	1998	Oh Baby		50
16	1998	Will & Grace	Psychic Sue	69
17	1999	Dilbert	Juliet (voice)	69
18	1999	Family Guy	Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)	74
19	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kate Dixon	79
20	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
21	2000	The 10th Kingdom	Snow White	76
22	2000	Strong Medicine	June	71
23	2000	Boston Public	Ellenor Frutt	76
24	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
25	2003	Two and a Half Men	Daisy	75
26	2004	The L Word	Veronica Bloom	76
27	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
28	2005	My Crazy Life		0
29	2005	Elvis		64
30	2005	Elvis	Gladys Presley	64
31	2005	Hell's Kitchen	Self - Restaurant Patron	69
32	2005	How I Met Your Mother	Ellen Pierce	81
33	2005	Criminal Minds	Carla Hines	83
34	2005	Ghost Whisperer	Delia Banks	81
35	2006	Hannah Montana	Margo	71
36	2006	The Megan Mullally Show	Self - Guest	42
37	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
38	2011	Harry's Law	A.D.A. Kim Mendelsohn	73
39	2011	Harry's Law	Kim Mendelsohn	73
40	2011	Person of Interest	Diane Claypool	81
41	2011	Person of Interest	Control	81
42	2013	The Doc Files	Rescue Ronda (voice)	20
43	2013	Masters of Sex	Group Leader	71
44	2014	Extant	Sam Barton	63
45	2015	Younger	Dr. Jane Wray	68
46	2015	Celebrity Family Feud	Self	79
47	2015	The Magicians	Sheila	76
48	2016	This Is Us	Debbie	82
49	2018	Waco	Balenda Thibodeau	75
50	2018	Living Biblically	Ms. Meadows	53
51	2018	25 Words or Less		67
52	2019	Stumptown	Lieutenant Cosgrove	72
53	2019	Dolly Parton's Heartstrings	Mrs. Grover	68
54	2020	Stars in the House	Self - Special Guest	0
55	2020	Stars in the House	Self	0
56	2020	Utopia	Artemis	72
57	2021	Law & Order: Organized Crime	Detective Kate Dixon	79
58	2021	Big Shot	Joyce McCarthy	80
59	2021	Big Shot	Principal McCarthy	80
60	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42

Camryn Manheim

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