Holland Taylor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1943 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Holland Virginia Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Judge Roberta Kittleson on ABC's The Practice (1998–2003). For her portrayal of Evelyn Harper on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men (2003–15), she received a total of four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Taylor's other notable television credits include starring roles on the sitcoms Bosom Buddies (1980–82), The Powers That Be (1992–93) and The Naked Truth (1995–98). She also appeared as Jill Ollinger on the soap opera All My Children (1981–83), as Peggy Peabody on The L Word (2004–08), and as Ida Silver on Mr. Mercedes (2017–19). In 2020, she received critical praise and her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ellen Kincaid in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood. Taylor's feature film credits include Romancing the Stone (1984) and its sequel (1985), Alice (1990), To Die For (1995), One Fine Day (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), The Truman Show (1998), Happy Accidents (2000), Keeping the Faith (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Wedding Date (2005), Baby Mama (2008), Gloria Bell (2018), Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020), and The Stand In (2020). Taylor wrote and starred in the one-woman play, Ann, based on the life and work of Ann Richards. For this, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holland Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Fantasy Life
Movie · as Dr. Greene
N/A
Movie · as N
Brothers
TV · as Ma Mac · 8 eps
Motherland
Movie · as Toni
The Little Pageant That Could
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Quiz Lady
Movie · as Francine
The Chair
TV · as Joan Hambling · 6 eps
The Great North
TV · as Goldie (voice) · 1 ep
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Movie · as Stormy
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Movie · as The Great Leader
The Stand In
Movie · as Barbara Cox
Stars in the House
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hollywood
TV · as Ellen Kincaid · 7 eps
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bombshell
Movie · as Faye (uncredited)
Gloria Bell
Movie · as Hillary Bell
The Morning Show
TV · as Cybil Richards · 10 eps
Ann
Movie · as Ann Richards
Mr. Mercedes
TV · as Ida Silver · 30 eps
The Orville
TV · as Jeannie Mercer · 1 ep
Kepler's Dream
Movie · as Violet von Stern
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
Movie
The New Yorker Presents
TV · as Truman's Moher · 1 ep
Speechless
TV · as Andrea · 1 ep
Billions
TV · as Dr. Eleanor Mayer · 3 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Twinkle Toes
Movie · as Principal Garfield (voice)
The Chosen One
Movie · as Ruth
Baby Mama
Movie · as Rose
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Movie · as Prudence (voice)
D.E.B.S.
Movie · as Ms. Petrie
The Wedding Date
Movie · as Bunny
American Dad!
TV · as Mrs. Dawson (voice) · 1 ep
The L Word
TV · as Peggy Peabody · 8 eps
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Movie · as Grandmother
Two and a Half Men
TV · as Evelyn Harper · 177 eps
E!'s 101
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Movie · as Prudence (voice)
Home Room
Movie · as Dr. Hollander
Fits and Starts
Movie
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Movie · as Grandmother
Fillmore!
TV · as Mrs. Cornwall (voice) · 1 ep
Monk
TV · as Peggy Davenport · 2 eps
Baby Bob
TV · as Madeline Collins · 14 eps
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Movie · as Nancy Reagan
Legally Blonde
Movie · as Professor Stromwell
Town & Country
Movie · as Mistress of Ceremonies
Strange Frequency
TV · as Marge Crowley · 1 ep
Keeping the Faith
Movie · as Bonnie Rose
Mail to the Chief
Movie · as Katherine Horner
Happy Accidents
Movie · as Therapist
The Deadly Look of Love
Movie · as Evelyn McGinnis
The Spiral Staircase
Movie · as Emma
Strong Medicine
TV · as Lillian Pynchon · 1 ep
DAG
TV · as Kathering Twigg · 1 ep
Big Brother
TV · as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men' · 1 ep
The Sex Monster
Movie · as Muriel
The Lot
TV · as Letitia DeVine · 17 eps
Next Stop Wonderland
Movie · as Piper Castleton
The Truman Show
Movie · as Truman's Mother
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Movie · as Alanis Montclair
The Unknown Cyclist
Movie · as Celia (uncredited)
Hercules
TV · as Queen Myrrha (voice) · 1 ep
George of the Jungle
Movie · as Beatrice Stanhope
Just Write
Movie · as Emma Jeffreys
Betty
Movie · as Crystal Ball
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Movie · as Self
Ally McBeal
TV · as Judge Roberta Kittleson · 1 ep
The Practice
TV · as Roberta Kittleson · 29 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · 1 ep
Veronica's Closet
TV · as Millicent · 2 eps
One Fine Day
Movie · as Rita
To Die For
Movie · as Carol Stone
How to Make an American Quilt
Movie · as Mrs. Rubens
Steal Big Steal Little
Movie · as Mona Rowland-Downey
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Movie · as Davis Mora Axelrod
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Movie · as Janice
A Walton Wedding
Movie · as Aunt Flo
Awake to Danger
Movie · as Dr. Joyce Lindley
The Naked Truth
TV · as Camilla Dane · 55 eps
The Counterfeit Contessa
Movie · as Wallace Everett
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Movie · as Florence Newsom
The Favor
Movie · as Maggie Sand
Betrayal of Trust
Movie · as Mary Shelton
ER
TV · as Phyllis Farr · 1 ep
Cop & ½
Movie · as Captain Rubio
With Hostile Intent
Movie · as Lois Baxter
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
TV · as Dean Susan McMann · 5 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Agent Gretchen McCord · 2 eps
The Powers That Be
TV · as Margaret Powers · 20 eps
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Movie · as Dr. Greenway
Alice
Movie · as Helen
People Like Us
Movie · as Dolly
Going Places
TV · 19 eps
She's Having a Baby
Movie · as Sarah Briggs
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Movie · as Ernestine King
The Saint in Manhattan
Movie · as Fran Grogan
Wiseguy
TV · 1 ep
Harry
TV · 7 eps
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV · as Fran Grogan · 1 ep
The Jewel of the Nile
Movie · as Gloria
Perry Mason Returns
Movie · as Paula Gordon
Key Exchange
Movie · as Mrs. Fanshaw
Me & Mom
TV · 6 eps
Romancing the Stone
Movie · as Gloria
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Winifred Thayer · 1 ep
Kate & Allie
TV · 1 ep
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Movie · as Frances Shand Kydd
I Was a Mail Order Bride
Movie · as Dottie Birmingham
My Mother Was Never a Kid
Movie · as Felicia Martin
Fame
Movie · as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
Bosom Buddies
TV · as Ruth Dunbar · 38 eps
The Sorrows of Gin
Movie · as Beverly Trencher
O Youth and Beauty!
Movie · as Beverly Trencher
The Love Boat
TV · as Kathy Brighton · 1 ep
The Next Man
Movie · as TV Interviewer
Beacon Hill
TV · as Marilyn Gardiner · 11 eps
Kojak
TV · as Elizabeth · 1 ep
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Felicia Martin · 1 ep
J.T.
Movie · as Mrs. Arnold
Great Performances
TV · as Ernestine King · 1 ep
The Edge of Night
TV · 306 eps