Holland Taylor

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1943-01-14 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As Holland Virginia Taylor

Holland Taylor

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

Actor

2023
Quiz Lady

as Francine

2021
The Chair

as Joan Hambling

2021
The Great North

as Goldie (voice)

2020
The Stand In

as Barbara Cox

2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music

as The Great Leader

2020
Hollywood

as Ellen Kincaid

2020
2019
Bombshell

as Faye (uncredited)

2019
Gloria Bell

as Hillary Bell

2019
The Morning Show

as Cybil Richards

2018
Ann

as Ann Richards

2017
The Orville

as Jeannie Mercer

2017
Mr. Mercedes

as Ida Silver

2016
Kepler's Dream

as Violet von Stern

2016
Electric City

as Voice Actor (voice)

2016
Speechless

as Andrea

2016
The New Yorker Presents

as Truman's Moher

2016
Billions

as Dr. Eleanor Mayer

2011
Twinkle Toes

as Principal Garfield (voice)

2010
2008
Baby Mama

as Rose

2007
2005
D.E.B.S.

as Ms. Petrie

2005
2005
American Dad!

as Mrs. Dawson (voice)

2004
The L Word

as Peggy Peabody

2003
2003
Two and a Half Men

as Evelyn Harper

2003
E!'s 101

as Self

2002
Home Room

as Dr. Hollander

2002
2002
Fillmore!

as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)

2002
Monk

as Peggy Davenport

2002
Baby Bob

as Madeline Collins

2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot

as Nancy Reagan

2001
Legally Blonde

as Professor Stromwell

2001
Town & Country

as Mistress of Ceremonies

2000
The Deadly Look of Love

as Evelyn McGinnis

2000
Keeping the Faith

as Bonnie Rose

2000
Mail to the Chief

as Katherine Horner

2000
Happy Accidents

as Therapist

2000
DAG

as Kathering Twigg

2000
Strong Medicine

as Lillian Pynchon

2000
Big Brother

as Guest

1999
The Sex Monster

as Muriel

1998
The Unknown Cyclist

as Celia (uncredited)

1998
Next Stop Wonderland

as Piper Castleton

1998
The Truman Show

as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair

1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

as Alanis Montclair

1998
Hercules

as Queen Myrrha (voice)

1997
George of the Jungle

as Beatrice Stanhope

1997
Just Write

as Emma Jeffreys

1997
Betty

as Crystal Ball

1997
Veronica's Closet

as Millicent

1997
The Practice

as Judge Roberta Kittleson

1996
One Fine Day

as Rita

1995
Last Summer in the Hamptons

as Davis Mora Axelrod

1995
Steal Big Steal Little

as Mona Rowland-Downey

1995
To Die For

as Carol Stone

1995
Awake to Danger

as Dr. Joyce Lindley

1995
A Walton Wedding

as Aunt Flo

1995
The Naked Truth

as Camilla Dane

1994
The Favor

as Maggie Sand

1994
The Counterfeit Contessa

as Wallace Everett

1994
Betrayal of Trust

as Mary Shelton

1994
ER

as Phyllis Farr

1993
With Hostile Intent

as Lois Baxter

1993
Cop and ½

as Captain Rubio

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Agent Gretchen McCord

1993
1992
The Powers That Be

as Margaret Powers

1991
1990
Alice

as Helen

1990
1988
She's Having a Baby

as Sarah Briggs

1987
The Saint in Manhattan

as Fran Grogan

1987
CBS Summer Playhouse

as Fran Grogan

1987
1985
Perry Mason Returns

as Paula Gordon

1985
Key Exchange

as Mrs. Fanshaw

1985
1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Winifred Thayer

1982
I Was a Mail Order Bride

as Dottie Birmingham

1982
1981
My Mother Was Never a Kid

as Felicia Martin

1980
Fame

as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)

1980
Bosom Buddies

as Ruth Dunbar

1979
O Youth and Beauty!

as Beverly Trencher

1979
The Sorrows of Gin

as Beverly Trencher

1977
The Love Boat

as Kathy Brighton

1976
The Next Man

as TV Interviewer

1975
Beacon Hill

as Marilyn Gardiner

1973
Kojak

as Elizabeth

1972
ABC Afterschool Special

as Felicia Martin

1971
Great Performances

as Ernestine King

1969
J.T.

as Mrs. Arnold

Writer

2018
Ann

as Writer