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Camryn Manheim

Born
March 8, 1961
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
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
Scary Movie 3
(2003)
Trooper Champlin
Eraser
(1996)
Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
(1997)
Toby Walters
Sudden Impact
(1983)
Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
Dark Water
(2005)
Teacher
An Unfinished Life
(2005)
Nina
Happiness
(1998)
Kristina
Return to Sender
(2015)
Nancy
Mercury Rising
(1998)
Dr. London
The F**k-It List
(2020)
Principal Baird
Twisted
(2004)
Lisa
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
(2005)
Tria (voice)
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
(2006)
Tria (voice)
The Road to Wellville
(1994)
Virginia Cranehill
What Planet Are You From?
(2000)
Alison
Cop Car
(2015)
Bev
Full Filmography
Acting
Sudden Impact
(1983)
Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
(1990)
Poe Picketer
The Road to Wellville
(1994)
Virginia Cranehill
Jeffrey
(1995)
Single Woman
Deadly Whispers
(1995)
Betty
Eraser
(1996)
Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
Rescuing Desire
(1996)
Pappa
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
(1997)
Toby Walters
You Are Here
(1997)
Singles Registry Woman
David Searching
(1997)
Gwen
Mercury Rising
(1998)
Dr. London
Happiness
(1998)
Kristina
Fool's Gold
(1998)
Patricia
Wide Awake
(1998)
Sister Sophia
Joe the King
(1999)
Mrs. Basil
Jackie's Back!
(1999)
Camryn Manheim
The Loretta Claiborne Story
(2000)
Janet McFarland
What Planet Are You From?
(2000)
Alison
East of A
(2000)
Agatha
Kiss My Act
(2001)
Jenifer
(2001)
Nurse Vandemal
A Girl Thing
(2001)
Suzanne Nabor
The Laramie Project
(2002)
Rebecca Hilliker
Scary Movie 3
(2003)
Trooper Champlin
Twisted
(2004)
Lisa
An Unfinished Life
(2005)
Nina
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
(2005)
Tria (voice)
Snow Wonder
(2005)
Bev
Dark Water
(2005)
Teacher
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
(2005)
Lisa Gobar
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
(2006)
Tria (voice)
Slipstream
(2007)
Barbara
Love Hurts
(2009)
Gloria
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
(2009)
Elizabeth Blue
The Pregnancy Pact
(2010)
Nurse Kim Daly
Just Peck
(2011)
Ms. Wood
Without Men
(2011)
la patronne
Camilla Dickinson
(2012)
Pamela Stephanowski
The Makeover
(2013)
Colleen
The Hot Flashes
(2013)
Roxie Rosales
Fort McCoy
(2014)
Florie
Cop Car
(2015)
Bev
Return to Sender
(2015)
Nancy
All About Nina
(2018)
Debora
The F**k-It List
(2020)
Principal Baird
Killing Eleanor
(2020)
Anne-Marie
Cruel Instruction
(2022)
Miss Connie
Sign the Show
(2023)
Self
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