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