Camryn Manheim
Camryn Manheim
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.
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Personal Info
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Acting
Known Credits
111
Gender
Female
Birthday
1961-03-08 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
Acting

2024

Murder in a Small Town as Jocelyn Tait

2023

Sign the Show as Self

2022

Sherri as Self - Guest

2022

Cruel Instruction as Miss Connie

2021

Law & Order: Organized Crime as Kate Dixon

2021

Big Shot as Joyce McCarthy

2021

Big Shot as Principal McCarthy

2020

Stars in the House as Self - Special Guest

2020

Stars in the House as Self

2020

Utopia as Artemis

2020

The F**k-It List as Principal Baird

2020

Killing Eleanor as Anne-Marie

2019

Stumptown as Lieutenant Cosgrove

2019

Dolly Parton's Heartstrings as Mrs. Grover

2018

25 Words or Less as Self

2018

All About Nina as Debora

2018

Waco as Balenda Thibodeau

2018

Living Biblically as Ms. Meadows

2016

This Is Us as Debbie

2015

The Magicians as Sheila

2015

Younger as Dr. Jane Wray

2015

Return to Sender as Nancy

2015

Cop Car as Bev

2014

Extant as Sam Barton

2014

Fort McCoy as Florie

2013

Masters of Sex as Group Leader

2013

The Makeover as Colleen

2013

The Hot Flashes as Roxie Rosales

2013

The Doc Files as Rescue Ronda (voice)

2012

Camilla Dickinson as Pamela Stephanowski

2011

Person of Interest as Diane Claypool

2011

Person of Interest as Control

2011

Harry's Law as Kim Mendelsohn

2011

Just Peck as Ms. Wood

2011

Without Men as la patronne

2010

The Pregnancy Pact as Nurse Kim Daly

2009

Love Hurts as Gloria

2009

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Elizabeth Blue

2007

Slipstream as Barbara

2006

Hannah Montana as Margo

2006

The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest

2006

Behind the Smile as Vicki Matters

2005

Criminal Minds as Carla Hines

2005

Dancing with the Stars as Self - Audience Member

2005

How I Met Your Mother as Ellen Pierce

2005

Ghost Whisperer as Delia Banks

2005

Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron

2005

An Unfinished Life as Nina

2005

Snow Wonder as Bev

2005

Elvis as Gladys Presley

2005

Dark Water as Teacher

2005

My Crazy Life as Not available

2004

The L Word as Veronica Bloom

2004

The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest

2004

Twisted as Lisa

2003

Two and a Half Men as Daisy

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self

2003

Scary Movie 3 as Trooper Champlin

2002

The Laramie Project as Rebecca Hilliker

2001

A Girl Thing as Suzanne Nabor

2001

Kiss My Act as Samantha 'Sam' Berger

2001

Jenifer as Nurse Vandemal

2000

Strong Medicine as June

2000

Boston Public as Ellenor Frutt

2000

The 10th Kingdom as Snow White

2000

East of A as Agatha

2000

The Loretta Claiborne Story as Janet McFarland

1999

Family Guy as Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)

1999

Joe the King as Mrs. Basil

1999

Dilbert as Juliet (voice)

1999

The Early Show as Self

1999

Jackie's Back! as Camryn Manheim

1998

Will & Grace as Psychic Sue

1998

Oh Baby as Not available

1998

Wide Awake as Sister Sophia

1998

Mercury Rising as Dr. London

1998

Fool's Gold as Patricia

1998

Happiness as Kristina

1998

The Tic Code as Mrs. Swensrut

1997

The Practice as Ellenor Frutt

1997

The View as Self

1997

Ally McBeal as Ellenor Frutt

1997

You Are Here as Singles Registry Woman

1997

David Searching as Gwen

1996

Eraser as Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary

1996

Rescuing Desire as Pappa

1995

Deadly Whispers as Betty

1995

Jeffrey as Single Woman

1995

MADtv as Self

1994

Touched by an Angel as Anita

1994

Chicago Hope as Not available

1994

The Road to Wellville as Virginia Cranehill

1990

Law & Order as Leila

1990

Law & Order as Kate Dixon

1990

Law & Order as Martha Rollins

1990

Law & Order as Beatrice Hines

1990

The Bonfire of the Vanities as Poe Picketer

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
Crew

2001

Kiss My Act Co-Executive Producer