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). 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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Acted in
Quiz Lady
2023
as Francine
Adele One Night Only
2021
as Self
The Chair
2021
as Joan Hambling
The Great North
2021
as Goldie (voice)
The Stand In
2020
as Barbara Cox
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
as The Great Leader
Hollywood
2020
as Ellen Kincaid
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
2020
as Stormy
Bombshell
2019
as Faye (uncredited)
The Morning Show
2019
as Cybil Richards
Gloria Bell
2019
as Hillary Bell
Ann
2018
as Ann Richards
The Orville
2017
as Jeannie Mercer
Mr. Mercedes
2017
as Ida Silver
Kepler's Dream
2016
as Violet von Stern
Speechless
2016
as Andrea
The New Yorker Presents
2016
as Truman's Moher
Billions
2016
as Dr. Eleanor Mayer
Electric City
2016
as Voice Actor (voice)
Simply Red: Backstage at 'Annie' with Lilla Crawford
2013
as Self
Twinkle Toes
2011
as Principal Garfield (voice)
The Chosen One
2010
as Ruth
Baby Mama
2008
as Rose
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
2007
as Prudence (voice)
D.E.B.S.
2005
as Ms. Petrie
American Dad!
2005
as Mrs. Dawson (voice)
The Wedding Date
2005
as Bunny
The L Word
2004
as Peggy Peabody
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Evelyn Harper
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
as Grandmother
E!'s 101
2003
as Self
Fillmore!
2002
as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
as Grandmother
Monk
2002
as Peggy Davenport
Home Room
2002
as Dr. Hollander
Baby Bob
2002
as Madeline Collins
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
2002
as Prudence (voice)
Fits and Starts
2002
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
as Nancy Reagan
Legally Blonde
2001
as Professor Stromwell
Town & Country
2001
as Mistress of Ceremonies
DAG
2000
as Kathering Twigg
Strong Medicine
2000
as Lillian Pynchon
The Deadly Look of Love
2000
as Evelyn McGinnis
Keeping the Faith
2000
as Bonnie Rose
Mail to the Chief
2000
as Katherine Horner
The Spiral Staircase
2000
as Emma
Happy Accidents
2000
as Therapist
The Lot
1999
The Sex Monster
1999
as Muriel
The Unknown Cyclist
1998
as Celia (uncredited)
Hercules
1998
as Queen Myrrha (voice)
Next Stop Wonderland
1998
as Piper Castleton
The Truman Show
1998
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998
as Alanis Montclair
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Veronica's Closet
1997
as Millicent
Ally McBeal
1997
George of the Jungle
1997
as Beatrice Stanhope
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
The Practice
1997
as Judge Roberta Kittleson
Just Write
1997
as Emma Jeffreys
Betty
1997
as Crystal Ball
One Fine Day
1996
as Rita
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
as Davis Mora Axelrod
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Mrs. Rubens
Steal Big Steal Little
1995
as Mona Rowland-Downey
To Die For
1995
as Carol Stone
The Naked Truth
1995
as Camilla Dane
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
as Janice
Awake to Danger
1995
as Dr. Joyce Lindley
A Walton Wedding
1995
as Aunt Flo
ER
1994
as Phyllis Farr
The Favor
1994
as Maggie Sand
The Counterfeit Contessa
1994
as Wallace Everett
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994
as Florence Newsom
Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Mary Shelton
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Agent Gretchen McCord
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
as Dean Susan McMann
With Hostile Intent
1993
as Lois Baxter
Cop and ½
1993
as Captain Rubio
The Powers That Be
1992
as Margaret Powers
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
as Dr. Greenway
Alice
1990
as Helen
Going Places
1990
People Like Us
1990
as Dolly
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Sarah Briggs
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
as Ernestine King
Wiseguy
1987
The Saint in Manhattan
1987
as Fran Grogan
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Fran Grogan
Harry
1987
Perry Mason Returns
1985
as Paula Gordon
Key Exchange
1985
as Mrs. Fanshaw
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
as Gloria
Me & Mom
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Winifred Thayer
Romancing the Stone
1984
as Gloria
Kate & Allie
1984
I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982
as Dottie Birmingham
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
1982
as Frances Shand Kydd
My Mother Was Never a Kid
1981
as Felicia Martin
Bosom Buddies
1980
as Ruth Dunbar
Fame
1980
as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
O Youth and Beauty!
1979
as Beverly Trencher
The Sorrows of Gin
1979
as Beverly Trencher
The Love Boat
1977
The Next Man
1976
as TV Interviewer
Beacon Hill
1975
Kojak
1973
as Elizabeth
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Felicia Martin
Great Performances
1971
as Ernestine King
J.T.
1969
as Mrs. Arnold
The Edge of Night
1956
