Holland Taylor
Known for Acting · 122 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 (48)
American Dad!
2005
as Mrs. Dawson (voice)
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Evelyn Harper
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Monk
2002
as Peggy Davenport
ER
1994
as Phyllis Farr
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Winifred Thayer
Billions
2016
as Dr. Eleanor Mayer
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Agent Gretchen McCord
The Love Boat
1977
as Kathy Brighton
The Practice
1997
as Judge Roberta Kittleson
Great Performances
1971
as Ernestine King
Big Brother
2000
as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
Strong Medicine
2000
as Lillian Pynchon
The Orville
2017
as Jeannie Mercer
The L Word
2004
as Peggy Peabody
The Morning Show
2019
as Cybil Richards
Hercules
1998
as Queen Myrrha (voice)
Mr. Mercedes
2017
as Ida Silver
Wiseguy
1987
Kojak
1973
as Elizabeth
The Great North
2021
as Goldie (voice)
Speechless
2016
as Andrea
Ally McBeal
1997
as Judge Roberta Kittleson
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Felicia Martin
The Naked Truth
1995
as Camilla Dane
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Kate & Allie
1984
Veronica's Closet
1997
as Millicent
Fillmore!
2002
as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
Bosom Buddies
1980
as Ruth Dunbar
Hollywood
2020
as Ellen Kincaid
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Fran Grogan
DAG
2000
as Kathering Twigg
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
as Dean Susan McMann
E!'s 101
2003
as Self
The Chair
2021
as Joan Hambling
The Powers That Be
1992
as Margaret Powers
Baby Bob
2002
as Madeline Collins
The Lot
1999
as Letitia DeVine
Going Places
1990
Beacon Hill
1975
as Marilyn Gardiner
The New Yorker Presents
2016
as Truman's Moher
The Edge of Night
1956
Harry
1987
Brothers
as Ma Mac
Me & Mom
1985
Movies (74)
The Truman Show
1998
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
Legally Blonde
2001
as Professor Stromwell
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
2002
as Prudence (voice)
Romancing the Stone
1984
as Gloria
George of the Jungle
1997
as Beatrice Stanhope
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
as Grandmother
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
as Grandmother
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
2007
as Prudence (voice)
Bombshell
2019
as Faye (uncredited)
Fantasy Life
2026
as Dr. Greene
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
2020
as Stormy
To Die For
1995
as Carol Stone
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
as Gloria
The Wedding Date
2005
as Bunny
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
as The Great Leader
D.E.B.S.
2005
as Ms. Petrie
Quiz Lady
2023
as Francine
Fame
1980
as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
One Fine Day
1996
as Rita
Keeping the Faith
2000
as Bonnie Rose
Baby Mama
2008
as Rose
Alice
1990
as Helen
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Mrs. Rubens
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Sarah Briggs
The Favor
1994
as Maggie Sand
Cop & ½
1993
as Captain Rubio
The Stand In
2020
as Barbara Cox
Gloria Bell
2019
as Hillary Bell
The Sex Monster
1999
as Muriel
Adele One Night Only
2021
as Self
Motherland
2025
as Toni
Town & Country
2001
as Mistress of Ceremonies
Next Stop Wonderland
1998
as Piper Castleton
Happy Accidents
2000
as Therapist
Perry Mason Returns
1985
as Paula Gordon
People Like Us
1990
as Dolly
The Next Man
1976
as TV Interviewer
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
as Davis Mora Axelrod
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
The Chosen One
2010
as Ruth
Home Room
2002
as Dr. Hollander
Key Exchange
1985
as Mrs. Fanshaw
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998
as Alanis Montclair
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
as Nancy Reagan
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Deadly Look of Love
2000
as Evelyn McGinnis
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
1982
as Frances Shand Kydd
Awake to Danger
1995
as Dr. Joyce Lindley
The Saint in Manhattan
1987
as Fran Grogan
A Walton Wedding
1995
as Aunt Flo
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
as Janice
Steal Big Steal Little
1995
as Mona Rowland-Downey
Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Mary Shelton
Just Write
1997
as Emma Jeffreys
The Unknown Cyclist
1998
as Celia (uncredited)
Mail to the Chief
2000
as Katherine Horner
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
as Ernestine King
The Counterfeit Contessa
1994
as Wallace Everett
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994
as Florence Newsom
I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982
as Dottie Birmingham
The Sorrows of Gin
1979
as Beverly Trencher
With Hostile Intent
1993
as Lois Baxter
The Spiral Staircase
2000
as Emma
O Youth and Beauty!
1979
as Beverly Trencher
J.T.
1971
as Mrs. Arnold
Betty
1997
as Crystal Ball
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
2016
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
as Dr. Greenway
Kepler's Dream
2016
as Violet von Stern
Twinkle Toes
2011
as Principal Garfield (voice)
My Mother Was Never a Kid
1981
as Felicia Martin
Fits and Starts
2002
Ann
2018
as Ann Richards
N/A
2026
as N
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 122 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Holland Taylor has appeared in 74 films and 48 TV shows.
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Most Popular Holland Taylor Movies
- The Truman Show (1998) — as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
- Legally Blonde (2001) — as Professor Stromwell
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) — as Prudence (voice)
- Romancing the Stone (1984) — as Gloria
- George of the Jungle (1997) — as Beatrice Stanhope
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