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Holland Taylor

Acting

Born January 14, 1943 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holland Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 1999
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 2013 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Truman Show

1998as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair

Monk

2002as Peggy Davenport

Billions

2016as Dr. Eleanor Mayer

ER

1994as Phyllis Farr

The Morning Show

2019as Cybil Richards

The L Word

2004as Peggy Peabody

The Practice

1997as Judge Roberta Kittleson

The Orville

2017as Jeannie Mercer

Two and a Half Men

2003as Evelyn Harper

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Winifred Thayer

Strong Medicine

2000as Lillian Pynchon

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

1987as Ernestine King

Hollywood

2020as Ellen Kincaid

Mr. Mercedes

2017as Ida Silver

Kojak

1973as Elizabeth

Diagnosis: Murder

1993as Agent Gretchen McCord

American Dad!

2005as Mrs. Dawson (voice)

The Great North

2021as Goldie (voice)

Speechless

2016as Andrea

Hercules

1998as Queen Myrrha (voice)

Saved by the Bell: The College Years

1993as Dean Susan McMann

To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

2020as Stormy

Bombshell

2019as Faye (uncredited)

The Wedding Date

2005as Bunny

Legally Blonde

2001as Professor Stromwell

Happy Accidents

2000as Therapist

Romancing the Stone

1984as Gloria

The New Yorker Presents

as Truman's Moher

Motherland

2025as Toni

Quiz Lady

2023as Francine

To Die For

1995as Carol Stone

Wiseguy

1987

The Chair

2021as Joan Hambling

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

2007as Prudence (voice)

D.E.B.S.

2004as Ms. Petrie

Ally McBeal

1997as Judge Roberta Kittleson

One Fine Day

1996as Rita

Betrayal of Trust

1994as Mary Shelton

How to Make an American Quilt

1995as Mrs. Rubens

Alice

1990as Helen

Fame

1980as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)

The Love Boat

1977as Kathy Brighton

Fantasy Life

2025as Dr. Greene

The Jewel of the Nile

1985as Gloria

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

2002as Prudence (voice)

Keeping the Faith

2000as Bonnie Rose

Great Performances

1971as Ernestine King

Gloria Bell

2018as Hillary Bell

Baby Mama

2008as Rose