Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 14, 1943
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
124 titles
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
Filmography
Brothers
Ma Mac
N/A
N
Fantasy Life
Dr. Greene
Motherland
Toni
Unachievable Sound of Silence
Thanks
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
Quiz Lady
Francine
Adele One Night Only
Self
The Chair
Joan Hambling
The Great North
Goldie (voice)
The Stand In
Barbara Cox
Bill & Ted Face the Music
The Great Leader
Hollywood
Ellen Kincaid
Stars in the House
Self
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Stormy
Bombshell
Faye (uncredited)
The Morning Show
Cybil Richards
Gloria Bell
Hillary Bell
Ann
Ann Richards
The Orville
Jeannie Mercer
Mr. Mercedes
Ida Silver
Kepler's Dream
Violet von Stern
Speechless
Andrea
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
The New Yorker Presents
Truman's Moher
Billions
Dr. Eleanor Mayer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Twinkle Toes
Principal Garfield (voice)
The Chosen One
Ruth
Baby Mama
Rose
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Prudence (voice)
D.E.B.S.
Ms. Petrie
American Dad!
Mrs. Dawson (voice)
The Wedding Date
Bunny
The L Word
Peggy Peabody
Two and a Half Men
Evelyn Harper
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Grandmother
E!'s 101
Self
Fillmore!
Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Grandmother
Monk
Peggy Davenport
Home Room
Dr. Hollander
Baby Bob
Madeline Collins
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Prudence (voice)
Fits and Starts
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Nancy Reagan
Strange Frequency
Marge Crowley
Legally Blonde
Professor Stromwell
Town & Country
Mistress of Ceremonies