Holland Taylor
Known for Acting · 123 credits
- Born
- 1943-01-14 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Holland Virginia Taylor · ホランド・テイラー
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (49)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Mrs. Dawson (voice)
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Evelyn Harper
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Winifred Thayer
Big Brother
2000
as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
The Love Boat
1977
as Kathy Brighton
ER
1994
as Phyllis Farr
Billions
2016
as Dr. Eleanor Mayer
Great Performances
1971
as Ernestine King
The Practice
1997
as Judge Roberta Kittleson
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Agent Gretchen McCord
Strong Medicine
2000
as Lillian Pynchon
Monk
2002
as Peggy Davenport
The Orville
2017
as Jeannie Mercer
The Morning Show
2019
as Cybil Richards
Mr. Mercedes
2017
as Ida Silver
The L Word
2004
as Peggy Peabody
Speechless
2016
as Andrea
Wiseguy
1987
Kojak
1973
as Elizabeth
Kate & Allie
1984
The Great North
2021
as Goldie (voice)
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Felicia Martin
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
Hercules
1998
as Queen Myrrha (voice)
Ally McBeal
1997
as Judge Roberta Kittleson
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
The Naked Truth
1995
as Camilla Dane
Veronica's Closet
1997
as Millicent
Fillmore!
2002
as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Fran Grogan
Hollywood
2020
as Ellen Kincaid
Bosom Buddies
1980
as Ruth Dunbar
E!'s 101
2003
as Self
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
as Dean Susan McMann
Strange Frequency
2001
as Marge Crowley
The Chair
2021
as Joan Hambling
DAG
2000
as Kathering Twigg
The Powers That Be
1992
as Margaret Powers
The Edge of Night
1956
Baby Bob
2002
as Madeline Collins
Brothers
2026
as Ma Mac
The Lot
1999
as Letitia DeVine
Beacon Hill
1975
as Marilyn Gardiner
The New Yorker Presents
2016
as Truman's Moher
Going Places
1990
Harry
1987
Me & Mom
1985
Movies (74)
The Truman Show
1998
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
Legally Blonde
2001
as Professor Stromwell
George of the Jungle
1997
as Beatrice Stanhope
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
2002
as Prudence (voice)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
as Grandmother
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
2007
as Prudence (voice)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
as Grandmother
Romancing the Stone
1984
as Gloria
Bombshell
2019
as Faye (uncredited)
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
as The Great Leader
Twinkle Toes
2011
as Principal Garfield (voice)
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
as Gloria
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
2020
as Stormy
Fame
1980
as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
D.E.B.S.
2005
as Ms. Petrie
The Wedding Date
2005
as Bunny
To Die For
1995
as Carol Stone
Quiz Lady
2023
as Francine
Motherland
2025
as Toni
Adele One Night Only
2021
as Self
J.T.
1971
as Mrs. Arnold
Tru-Talk
1998
as Alanis Montclair
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Sarah Briggs
Happy Accidents
2000
as Therapist
Baby Mama
2008
as Rose
One Fine Day
1996
as Rita
The Sex Monster
1999
as Muriel
Home Room
2002
as Dr. Hollander
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Mrs. Rubens
Keeping the Faith
2000
as Bonnie Rose
Gloria Bell
2019
as Hillary Bell
Alice
1990
as Helen
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982
as Dottie Birmingham
Perry Mason Returns
1985
as Paula Gordon
Steal Big Steal Little
1995
as Mona Rowland-Downey
Next Stop Wonderland
1998
as Piper Castleton
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
as Nancy Reagan
The Favor
1994
as Maggie Sand
The Stand In
2020
as Barbara Cox
Cop & ½
1993
as Captain Rubio
N/A
2026
as N
Fantasy Life
2026
as Dr. Greene
Betty
1997
as Crystal Ball
The Counterfeit Contessa
1994
as Wallace Everett
People Like Us
1990
as Dolly
The Spiral Staircase
2000
as Emma
The Chosen One
2010
as Ruth
Town & Country
2001
as Mistress of Ceremonies
The Deadly Look of Love
2000
as Evelyn McGinnis
The Next Man
1976
as TV Interviewer
The Saint in Manhattan
1987
as Fran Grogan
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994
as Florence Newsom
Mail to the Chief
2000
as Katherine Horner
Awake to Danger
1995
as Dr. Joyce Lindley
O Youth and Beauty!
1979
as Beverly Trencher
Kepler's Dream
2016
as Violet von Stern
The Unknown Cyclist
1998
as Celia (uncredited)
Key Exchange
1985
as Mrs. Fanshaw
A Walton Wedding
1995
as Aunt Flo
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
as Dr. Greenway
The Sorrows of Gin
1979
as Beverly Trencher
Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Mary Shelton
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
as Davis Mora Axelrod
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
as Janice
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
1982
as Frances Shand Kydd
Just Write
1997
as Emma Jeffreys
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
2016
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
as Ernestine King
With Hostile Intent
1993
as Lois Baxter
Fits and Starts
2002
My Mother Was Never a Kid
1981
as Felicia Martin
Ann
2018
as Ann Richards
About Holland Taylor
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).… With 123 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Holland Taylor has appeared in 74 films and 49 TV shows.
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- The Truman Show (1998) — as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
- Legally Blonde (2001) — as Professor Stromwell
- George of the Jungle (1997) — as Beatrice Stanhope
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) — as Prudence (voice)
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) — as Grandmother
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