Camryn Manheim
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kate Dixon
1999
Series
Law & Order
Leila
1990
Series
Law & Order
Kate Dixon
1990
Series
Law & Order
Martha Rollins
1990
Series
Law & Order
Beatrice Hines
1990
Series
Family Guy
Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
1999
Series
Criminal Minds
Carla Hines
2005
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Two and a Half Men
Daisy
2003
Series
Person of Interest
Diane Claypool
2011
Series
Person of Interest
Control
2011
Series
How I Met Your Mother
Ellen Pierce
2005
Series
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Series
Chicago Hope
Marge Stewart
1994
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Audience Member
2005
Series
Ghost Whisperer
Delia Banks
2005
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
This Is Us
Debbie
2016
Series
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Series
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
The Practice
Ellenor Frutt
1997
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Will & Grace
Psychic Sue
1998
Series
The Talk
Self
2010
Series
Strong Medicine
June
2000
Series
Hannah Montana
Margo
2006
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Magicians
Sheila
2015
Series
Touched by an Angel
Anita
1994
Series
Younger
Dr. Jane Wray
2015
Series
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Detective Kate Dixon
2021
Series
The L Word
Veronica Bloom
2004
Series
Masters of Sex
Group Leader
2013
Series
25 Words or Less
Self
2018
Series
Boston Public
Ellenor Frutt
2000
Series
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
2015
Series
Murder in a Small Town
Jocelyn Tait
2024
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Series
Dilbert
Juliet (voice)
1999
Film
Scary Movie 3
Trooper Champlin
2003
Series
Ally McBeal
Ellenor Frutt
1997
Series
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
2020
Series
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Series
Oh Baby
1998
Series
Extant
Sam Barton
2014
Series
Big Shot
Joyce McCarthy
2021
Series
Big Shot
Principal McCarthy
2021
Series
Harry's Law
Kim Mendelsohn
2011
Series
Stumptown
Lieutenant Cosgrove
2019
Series
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Film
Mercury Rising
Dr. London
1998
Series
Waco
Balenda Thibodeau
2018
Film
Eraser
Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
1996
Series
Utopia
Artemis
2020
Series
The 10th Kingdom
Snow White
2000
Film
Sudden Impact
Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
1983
Film
Cop Car
Bev
2015
Film
Dark Water
Teacher
2005
Film
An Unfinished Life
Nina
2005
Series
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Mrs. Grover
2019
Film
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Toby Walters
1997
Film
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Poe Picketer
1990
Film
Happiness
Kristina
1998
Film
Return to Sender
Nancy
2015
Film
Twisted
Lisa
2004
Series
Elvis
Gladys Presley
2005
Film
The F**k-It List
Principal Baird
2020
Film
The Road to Wellville
Virginia Cranehill
1994
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Film
What Planet Are You From?
Alison
2000
Film
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
Tria (voice)
2005
Film
All About Nina
Debora
2018
Film
Jeffrey
Single Woman
1995
Film
Slipstream
Barbara
2007
Series
A Girl Thing
Suzanne Nabor
2001
Film
Joe the King
Mrs. Basil
1999
Film
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
Tria (voice)
2006
Series
Living Biblically
Ms. Meadows
2018
Film
Wide Awake
Sister Sophia
1998
Film
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Lisa Gobar
2006
Series
The Doc Files
Rescue Ronda (voice)
2013
Film
The Laramie Project
Rebecca Hilliker
2002
Film
Rescuing Desire
Pappa
1996
Film
Love Hurts
Gloria
2009
Film
Without Men
la patronne
2011
My Crazy Life
2005
Film
Cruel Instruction
Miss Connie
2022
Film
Sign the Show
Self
2023
Series
MADtv
Self
1995
Film
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Elizabeth Blue
2009
Film
Endangered
Educational Video Spokesperson
2020
Film
The Makeover
Colleen
2013
Film
Jackie's Back!
Camryn Manheim
1999
Film
The Hot Flashes
Roxie Rosales
2013
Film
The Pregnancy Pact
Nurse Kim Daly
2010
Film
Kiss My Act
Samantha 'Sam' Berger
2001
Film
Just Peck
Ms. Wood
2011
Film
Romy and Michele 2
Toby Walters
Film
Behind the Smile
Vicki Matters
2006
Deluxe Ocean View
Vera
Film
Snow Wonder
Bev
2005
Film
Jenifer
Nurse Vandemal
2001
Film
Killing Eleanor
Anne-Marie
2020
Film
The Tic Code
Mrs. Swensrut
1998
Film
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
Self
2008
You Are Here
Singles Registry Woman
1997
Film
Deadly Whispers
Betty
1995
Film
Camilla Dickinson
Pamela Stephanowski
2012
Film
Fort McCoy
Florie
2014
Film
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Janet McFarland
2000
Film
David Searching
Gwen
1997
East of A
Agatha
2000
Fool's Gold
Patricia
1998
Notes for My Daughter
Risa
1995
Series
Ghost whisperer
Delia Banks
2005