Acting · West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA · Born March 8, 1961
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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as Joyce McCarthy
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as Self - Special Guest
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as Mrs. Grover
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as Lieutenant Cosgrove
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as Self
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2018
as Ms. Meadows
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2014
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as Florie
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2013
as Rescue Ronda (voice)
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as Roxie Rosales
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as Colleen
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2012
as Pamela Stephanowski
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2011
as Diane Claypool
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2011
as la patronne
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as Ms. Wood
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as Kim Mendelsohn
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2010
as Self
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as Bev
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as Delia Banks
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as Carla Hines
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as Ellen Pierce
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2005
as Nina
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2005
as Teacher
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2005
as Self - Audience Member
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2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
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2005
as Gladys Presley
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as Tria (voice)
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2004
as Self - Guest
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as Veronica Bloom
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2003
as Trooper Champlin
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2003
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2002
as Rebecca Hilliker
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2001
as Nurse Vandemal
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as Suzanne Nabor
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2000
as Ellenor Frutt
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as Agatha
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as Snow White
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as Janet McFarland
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1999
as Self
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1999
as Kate Dixon
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1999
as Camryn Manheim
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1999
as Airline Passenger / Communist Mother (voice)
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1999
as Juliet (voice)
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as Mrs. Basil
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1998
as Kristina
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1998
as Psychic Sue
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1998
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1998
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1998
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1996
as Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
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1996
as Pappa
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1995
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1995
as Single Woman
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1995
as Betty
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MovieThe Road to Wellville
1994
as Virginia Cranehill
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1994
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TVChicago Hope
1994
as Marge Stewart
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
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MovieThe Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Poe Picketer
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1990
as Leila
MovieSudden Impact
1983
as Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
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1971
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TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
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as Toby Walters
