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
Credits
- 2023 · Sign the Show as Self
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Cruel Instruction as Miss Connie
- 2021 · Big Shot as Joyce McCarthy
- 2021 · Big Shot as Principal McCarthy
- 2021 · Law & Order: Organized Crime as Detective Kate Dixon
- 2020 · Killing Eleanor as Anne-Marie
- 2020 · Utopia as Artemis
- 2020 · The F**k-It List as Principal Baird
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self - Special Guest
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2019 · Dolly Parton's Heartstrings as Mrs. Grover
- 2019 · Stumptown as Lieutenant Cosgrove
- 2018 · All About Nina as Debora
- 2018 · 25 Words or Less as
- 2018 · Living Biblically as Ms. Meadows
- 2018 · Waco as Balenda Thibodeau
- 2016 · This Is Us as Debbie
- 2015 · The Magicians as Sheila
- 2015 · Cop Car as Bev
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · Return to Sender as Nancy
- 2015 · Younger as Dr. Jane Wray
- 2014 · Extant as Sam Barton
- 2014 · Fort McCoy as Florie
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as Group Leader
- 2013 · The Doc Files as Rescue Ronda (voice)
- 2013 · The Hot Flashes as Roxie Rosales
- 2013 · The Makeover as Colleen
- 2012 · Camilla Dickinson as Pamela Stephanowski
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Diane Claypool
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Control
- 2011 · Without Men as la patronne
- 2011 · Just Peck as Ms. Wood
- 2011 · Harry's Law as A.D.A. Kim Mendelsohn
- 2011 · Harry's Law as Kim Mendelsohn
- 2010 · The Pregnancy Pact as Nurse Kim Daly
- 2009 · Love Hurts as Gloria
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Elizabeth Blue
- 2007 · Slipstream as Barbara
- 2006 · The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Hannah Montana as Margo
- 2006 · The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers as Tria (voice)
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Lisa Gobar
- 2005 · Snow Wonder as Bev
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Delia Banks
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Carla Hines
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Ellen Pierce
- 2005 · An Unfinished Life as Nina
- 2005 · Dark Water as Teacher
- 2005 · Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
- 2005 · Elvis as
- 2005 · Elvis as Gladys Presley
- 2005 · My Crazy Life as
- 2005 · The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses as Tria (voice)
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Twisted as Lisa
- 2004 · The L Word as Veronica Bloom
- 2003 · Scary Movie 3 as Trooper Champlin
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Daisy
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · The Laramie Project as Rebecca Hilliker
- 2001 · Jenifer as Nurse Vandemal
- 2001 · Kiss My Act as
- 2001 · A Girl Thing as Suzanne Nabor
- 2000 · Boston Public as Ellenor Frutt
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as June
- 2000 · What Planet Are You From? as Alison
- 2000 · East of A as Agatha
- 2000 · The 10th Kingdom as Snow White
- 2000 · The Loretta Claiborne Story as Janet McFarland
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Kate Dixon
- 1999 · Jackie's Back! as Camryn Manheim
- 1999 · Family Guy as Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
- 1999 · Dilbert as Juliet (voice)
- 1999 · Joe the King as Mrs. Basil
- 1998 · Happiness as Kristina
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Psychic Sue
- 1998 · Oh Baby as
- 1998 · Mercury Rising as Dr. London
- 1998 · Wide Awake as Sister Sophia
- 1998 · Fool's Gold as Patricia
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Romy and Michele's High School Reunion as Toby Walters
- 1997 · You Are Here as Singles Registry Woman
- 1997 · The Practice as Ellenor Frutt
- 1997 · David Searching as Gwen
- 1996 · Eraser as Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
- 1996 · Rescuing Desire as Pappa
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · Jeffrey as Single Woman
- 1995 · Deadly Whispers as Betty
- 1994 · The Road to Wellville as Virginia Cranehill
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Anita
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities as Poe Picketer
- 1990 · Law & Order as Leila
- 1990 · Law & Order as Kate Dixon
- 1990 · Law & Order as Martha Rollins
- 1990 · Law & Order as Beatrice Hines
- 1983 · Sudden Impact as Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner