How did Camryn Manheim become fluent in ASL?
NEW YORK (AP) — Actors usually have all sorts of special skills they've picked up along the way — sword-fighting, judo, a Scandinavian accent.
Camryn Manheim has American Sign Language.
The former "The Practice" star is currently showcasing that skill in a crackling Broadway revival of "Spring Awakening," which mixes hearing and deaf performers.
Manheim, whose family is academically inclined, initially had trouble getting into college.
Manheim took two semesters of ASL, got into the University of California at Santa Cruz and graduated four years later in 1984.
Police and medics surrounded the man, asking his name and phone number.
The police officers quickly asked her to come to the hospital with them to help translate.
In New York, just a few days into her graduate school life, Manheim passed a sign on a building that would change her career:
Sandra Mae Frank, a deaf actress who plays Manheim's daughter in "Spring Awakening," said she met the older actress in Los Angeles during the show's initial run.