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