Holland Taylor
Acting
Born: January 14, 1943 (age 83) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Truman Show
1998
Legally Blonde
2001
Two and a Half Men
2003
Bombshell
2019
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
2020
American Dad!
2005
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
George of the Jungle
1997
Romancing the Stone
1984
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
2002
The Orville
2017
Photos (2)
Movies (68)
The Truman Show
Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
Legally Blonde
Professor Stromwell
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Prudence (voice)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Grandmother
George of the Jungle
Beatrice Stanhope
Bombshell
Faye (uncredited)
Bill & Ted Face the Music
The Great Leader
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Prudence (voice)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Grandmother
Romancing the Stone
Gloria
The Jewel of the Nile
Gloria
To Die For
Carol Stone
D.E.B.S.
Ms. Petrie
Fame
Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
Twinkle Toes
Principal Garfield (voice)
Quiz Lady
Francine
The Wedding Date
Bunny
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Stormy
One Fine Day
Rita
The Stand In
Barbara Cox
Cop & ½
Captain Rubio
How to Make an American Quilt
Mrs. Rubens
Gloria Bell
Hillary Bell
She's Having a Baby
Sarah Briggs
Keeping the Faith
Bonnie Rose
Baby Mama
Rose
Alice
Helen
Town & Country
Mistress of Ceremonies
The Favor
Maggie Sand
Happy Accidents
Therapist
Fantasy Life
Dr. Greene
The Chosen One
Ruth
Home Room
Dr. Hollander
The Sex Monster
Muriel
Steal Big Steal Little
Mona Rowland-Downey
J.T.
Mrs. Arnold
Motherland
Toni
Mail to the Chief
Katherine Horner
Perry Mason Returns
Paula Gordon
Just Write
Emma Jeffreys
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Alanis Montclair
People Like Us
Dolly
The Deadly Look of Love
Evelyn McGinnis
The Next Man
TV Interviewer
I Was a Mail Order Bride
Dottie Birmingham
The Counterfeit Contessa
Wallace Everett
Next Stop Wonderland
Piper Castleton
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Florence Newsom
Awake to Danger
Dr. Joyce Lindley
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Nancy Reagan
N/A
N
Kepler's Dream
Violet von Stern
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Ernestine King
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Davis Mora Axelrod
The Unknown Cyclist
Celia (uncredited)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Janice
Key Exchange
Mrs. Fanshaw
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Dr. Greenway
The Sorrows of Gin
Beverly Trencher
The Spiral Staircase
Emma
A Walton Wedding
Aunt Flo
Betrayal of Trust
Mary Shelton
Betty
Crystal Ball
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Frances Shand Kydd
The Saint in Manhattan
Fran Grogan
My Mother Was Never a Kid
Felicia Martin
O Youth and Beauty!
Beverly Trencher
Ann
Ann Richards
TV Shows (41)
American Dad!
Mrs. Dawson (voice) · 1 eps
Two and a Half Men
Evelyn Harper · 154 eps
Monk
Peggy Davenport · 2 eps
The Love Boat
Kathy Brighton · 1 eps
Billions
Dr. Eleanor Mayer · 3 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Winifred Thayer · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Agent Gretchen McCord · 2 eps
ER
Phyllis Farr · 1 eps
Great Performances
Ernestine King · 1 eps
The Practice
Judge Roberta Kittleson · 29 eps
Strong Medicine
Lillian Pynchon · 1 eps
The Morning Show
Cybil Richards · 10 eps
The Orville
Jeannie Mercer · 1 eps
The Great North
Goldie (voice) · 1 eps
Mr. Mercedes
Ida Silver · 30 eps
Hercules
Queen Myrrha (voice) · 1 eps
The L Word
Peggy Peabody · 8 eps
Wiseguy
1 eps
Kate & Allie
1 eps
Speechless
Andrea · 1 eps
ABC Afterschool Special
Felicia Martin · 1 eps
Ally McBeal
Judge Roberta Kittleson · 1 eps
Kojak
Elizabeth · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
1 eps
The Naked Truth
Camilla Dane · 55 eps
Veronica's Closet
Millicent · 2 eps
Beacon Hill
Marilyn Gardiner · 11 eps
Fillmore!
Mrs. Cornwall (voice) · 1 eps
Hollywood
Ellen Kincaid · 7 eps
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Dean Susan McMann · 5 eps
The Chair
Joan Hambling · 6 eps
Bosom Buddies
Ruth Dunbar · 38 eps
Strange Frequency
Marge Crowley · 1 eps
DAG
Kathering Twigg · 1 eps
CBS Summer Playhouse
Fran Grogan · 1 eps
Baby Bob
Madeline Collins · 14 eps
The Lot
Letitia DeVine · 17 eps
The Edge of Night
306 eps
The Powers That Be
Margaret Powers · 20 eps
The New Yorker Presents
Truman's Moher · 1 eps
Going Places
19 eps
