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